There's more data available that suggests that, unless the so-called Cadillac tax is repealed, flexible spending accounts may be targeted for extinction.

A survey of hospital management personnel found many will do away with the flexible spending account plan option if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act tax on "rich" plans is not repealed or substantially overhauled.

Now the Kaiser Family Foundation has weighed in on the issue with projections of the number of employer sponsored plans that would trigger the tax if they remain unchanged by 2018, when the tax kicks in.

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