Understanding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Part 1

‘‘SEC. 2716. PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
SALARY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor of a group
health plan (other than a self-insured plan) may not estab
lish rules relating to the health insurance coverage eligi
bility (including continued eligibility) of any full-time em
ployee under the terms of the plan that are based on the
total hourly or annual salary of the employee or otherwise
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establish eligibility rules that have the effect of discrimi
nating in favor of higher wage employees.
'‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall not be con4
strued to prohibit a plan sponsor from establishing con5
tribution requirements for enrollment in the plan or cov6
erage that provide for the payment by employees with lower
hourly or annual compensation of a lower dollar or percent8
age contribution than the payment required of similarly sit9
uated employees with a higher hourly or annual compensa10
tion.
In plain English:
"an employer can't discriminate on which of their employees gets insurance (high or low salaried employees) BUT they can make those with larger salaries pay a larger portion than the lower salary employees for the same coverage plan."
This is simply another example of REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH--the basic tenet of Marxism