This is so “Neville Chamberlain” of those CEO’s. They, the large company CEO’s, were attracted to the ACA because it gave them a way to shove health care costs off their income statements and onto the general public. They are just coming to realize that the Fed Gov has many ways of making them pay and never intended to live up to its promises and suggestions. The CEO’s thought they were insiders in this scam, now they are starting to realize that was never the case.
During the 20s through the 40s, Hitler looked to the industrialists for allies. He needed their industrial capabilities and support. However, he sought power and military might. He was never a cheerleader for business, he simply needed them to achieve his ends. The industrialists were only treated respectfully if and while they were of use to him. He was always the supreme power and that always placed Porsche, BMW, Walther, Blohm & Voss, Opel, and all the rest under his watchful eye and control.
A lot of bigger companies also supported it because they were already giving their employees a lot of these benefits anyway and they had competitors who weren't. This enabled them to raise the cost of doing business for their competition without having to do anything on their own like cut the cost of their product to be more competitive. So they were Chamberlains of convenience.