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Industry groups trying to repeal the Cadillac tax as well as supporters who are working to preserve it say they see the two-year delay as a step toward axing the tax. (Radnofsky, 12/16)

The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation has estimated that the tax would bring in $2.2 billion in 2018 and $7.2 billion in 2019. Its revenue would balloon after that, totaling an estimated $91 billion by 2025. ... Peter Orszag, President Barack Obama’s first director of the Office of Management and Budget, said that “the big concern with delay is, it’s not a delay, it becomes a rolling permanent deferral.” (Goldstein, 12/16)

Don’t expect to see much relief from rising costs for workplace health coverage under a federal budget deal that postpones a widely feared tax on generous insurance plans, experts say. The so-called Cadillac tax, which would be delayed two-years in the proposed deal, meant to discourage extravagant coverage and help keep costs in check. (Alonso-Zaldivar, 12/16)