Cost-sharing of insurance premiums is not a new idea in the American workplace, but some companies and their workforces are now facing higher premiums and out-of-pockets medical costs than they have become accustomed to paying. So reports The New York Times.
This has sparked particular outrage on the campus of Harvard University, where faculty members seem shocked at the higher costs imposed on university employees starting this year. The irony for Harvard is that many of the same professors who are now protesting the increases were among the ACA's strongest champions.
Indeed, some among the faculty have served as advisers to President Obama and the team that created the ACA. The faculty voted overwhelmingly in November 2014 to oppose the cost hikes that take effect this month, which came too late to stop them. While some staffers take umbrage at what they see as effectively a cut in salary to pay more for medical care, others are surprised at the protest on the very campus where some of the cost increases were proposed.