The Cadillac Tax is supposed to

A. Pay for the extra Americans having subsidized healthcare

B. Tax rich benefit packages, but if employers modify their plans before 2018 the taxes collected may be only a fraction expected and the government will not have money to pay as it expected to.

C. Stem the growth of utilization

D. A&C

E. All of the above

2.The Cadillac Tax

A. Is based on the HPI

B. will be adjusted by the CPI-U

C. will be effective December 2017

3. Five percent of patients consume half of the nations resources. Therefore,

A. it appears there is a plan to ration care, albeit not termed as such

B. FFS seems not to be the solution

C. payment for these resources will likely come from lowering physicians reimbursement

D. rewarding for quality will not occur.

E. A&B&C

4. Healthcare inflation is expected to rise again fast because

A. There has been pent-up demand because of a prolonged recession

B. People are dying

C. People are aging

D. A&C