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Employers React to Possible ACA Repeal (2017 Infographic)

Kimberly A. Landry 2/13/2017

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Industry Issues

In December 2016, LIMRA surveyed 1,400 U.S. employers about a variety of issues, including their potential responses to ACA repeal.               

Key Findings

  • Post-election, most employers expect repeal.
  • Thirty-nine percent of employers say ACA repeal would not affect their decisions about medical plan design, but 34 percent would become more likely to change their medical plans.
  • Other benefits may also be affected.

Key Takeaways

Benefit carriers can use this data as an early indication of how employers may react to changes in health insurance legislation this year.    

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Meet the Project Director

Kimberly A. Landry
Kim conducts quantitative and qualitative research on hot topics within the employee benefits industry, with a specific focus on employer and employee perspectives. She is also responsible for LIMRA’s worksite and supplemental health research programs. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events. Kim joined LIMRA in 2008. She received her bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and her master's degree from the University of Hartford.

Research Director, Workplace Benefits Research
LIMRA and LOMA
klandry@limra.com


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