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Health/Medical Title: Over Half of All Obamacare Waivers Given to Union Members Over Half of All Obamacare Waivers Given to Union Members 9:20 AM, May 16, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY In what is fast becoming a weekly event, the Obama administration granted 200 more companies waivers from the Democrats' sweeping health care law in the Friday night news dump. That brings the number of companies receiving waivers to 1,372. (You can get a full list of the companies exempted here.) Not surprisingly, it helps to be a Democratic ally when seeking a waiver. The Republican Policy Committee reports that over half of the workers that have been exempted so far belong to unions: The plans newly approved for waivers cover more than 160,000 people, bringing to nearly 3.1 million the number of individuals in plans exempted from the health law’s requirements. Of the participants receiving waivers, more than half – over 1.55 million – are in union plans, raising questions of why such a disproportionate share of union members are receiving waivers from the law’s requirements. The percentage of participants receiving waivers that come from unions also continues to rise – the number was 48% in April, and 45% in March. Unions already received a generous concession in the health care bill. Their generous "cadilac" insurance plans were exempted from being taxed until 2018, adding about $120 billion to the bill’s cost over ten years. For more on how the administration has helped unions, see my story in THE WEEKLY STANDARD from a few weeks ago. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Cool - that means that tax payers don't support Union health care. "Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs. #2. To: Godwinson (#1) Cool - that means that tax payers don't support Union health care. Good luck with that one..... "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #3. To: CZ82 (#2) Waiver means they don't fall under "obamacare". So you idiots are getting upset that people won't be covered by obamacare. Republicans just have stupid people left in their party it seems. "Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs. #4. To: Godwinson (#3) Waiver means they don't fall under "obamacare". So you idiots are getting upset that people won't be covered by obamacare. Republicans just have stupid people left in their party it seems. ROTFLMMFAO........... If they are state or local union members that means the taxpayer is already paying for their healthcare...... It just shows the hypocrisy of the Liberals, they don't want to abid by their own rules, so why should their ass licking friends..... it's all about campaign contributions, votes and a few BJs for Unslick Willy ..... nothing more..... "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #5. To: CZ82 (#4) If they are state or local union members that means the taxpayer is already paying for their healthcare...... Yea, we pay people a salary in America unlike the old USSR which used slave labir to get people to do public work. We also grant them vacation days and health care unlike the exampe you would support in the Stalinistic days. "Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs. #6. To: Godwinson (#5) (Edited) We also grant them vacation days and health care unlike the exampe you would support in the Stalinistic days. I couldn't believe it. I heard John Gibson on Fox radio this afternoon condoning the stealing of vacation time from employees, if they don't use it within a certain time frame. I remember my last supervisor telling me I would lose mine if I didn't take it, like there was any chance of getting one during a hiring freeze. I told her if anyone touched my time I would take the matter up with the sheriff's office.
#7. To: Godwinson (#5) We also grant them vacation days and health care unlike the exampe you would support in the Stalinistic days. Oh, and what might that be????? "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #8. To: CZ82 (#0) Its going to be a landslide termination of Owe-bama next year. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao #9. To: Badeye (#8) Its going to be a landslide termination of Owe-bama next year. I would say so too, people are tired of his shit and can't wait to take it out on him...... Heck Mickey Mouse could be elected if he ran against Obozo..... "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #10. To: mininggold (#6) I couldn't believe it. I heard John Gibson on Fox radio this afternoon condoning the stealing of vacation time from employees, if they don't use it within a certain time frame. It is legal in this country, it's called "use it or Lose it"... When I was in the military we weren't allowed to keep more than 90 days leave on the books... if you went over you lost it.... "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #11. To: CZ82 (#10) It is legal in this country, it's called "use it or Lose it"... Must be nice to work at a job where you can just take a vacation whenever you want. No wonder businesses are always downsizing their workforce, evidently most employees would never be missed.
#12. To: Godwinson (#5) Yea, we pay people a salary in America unlike the old USSR which used slave labir to get people to do public work. We also grant them vacation days and health care unlike the exampe you would support in the Stalinistic days. The globalists are finding their cheap sources of labor running out with the rest of the third world too unstable to make it worth the investment. So their next move is to take first world standards of living and flush them down the toilet.
#13. To: mininggold (#11) No wonder businesses are always downsizing their workforce, evidently most employees would never be missed. You can thank Affirmative Action for that..... "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #14. To: mininggold (#11) Must be nice to work at a job where you can just take a vacation whenever you want. You had to fill out a leave form and have it approved before you could take leave.... Most of the time it got approved on the spot, but sometimes because of contingency requirements it was put off for a few weeks to a few months.... "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning #15. To: CZ82 (#14) (Edited) You had to fill out a leave form and have it approved before you could take leave.... We had to bid for vacation slots twice a year, with bids for only three time slots allowed. The winning bid was based on senority, if you didn't get one then too bad. Sometimes there was a 2nd round where you then could bid if any slots weren't taken, but those didn't occur very often.
I had another job where I couldn't take leave unless I was able to find my own relief.
#16. To: CZ82 (#9) I would say so too, people are tired of his shit and can't wait to take it out on him...... Heck Mickey Mouse could be elected if he ran against Obozo..... Exactly. Its the economy. Thats what will be 'the' deciding issue. And its to late for Owe-bama or the Dems to do anything legislatively that will have a real effect that could overcome the damage already done in this area. Same mistake Carter made. Same reason Bush 41 was fired. Add to it Owe-bama's policy regarding Israel, supporting the terrorists, this week. Ten days ago Leftwingnuts were screaming 'Republicans can't challenge Owe- bama on international policy cause he got bin Laden!'. Today, as we can all see, if you are remotely objective, he threw that away...not that it was real to begin with. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao #17. To: Badeye (#16) Its the economy. Thats what will be 'the' deciding issue. And its to late for Owe-bama or the Dems to do anything legislatively that will have a real effect that could overcome the damage already done in this area. Bad news. A friend in Nevada says things are picking up in that state. Her husband, who has been struggling to get jobs now has more work than he can handle. The Republican budget goes after children and the poor. Courage would be going after defense and the rich. Bill Maher #18. To: lucysmom (#17) Bad news. A friend in Nevada says things are picking up in that state. Her husband, who has been struggling to get jobs now has more work than he can handle. Your friend is full of shit, Goofy. Unless she's a prostitute. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao #19. To: Badeye (#18) Unless she's a prostitute. No, she's an office manager for a clinic. If you need to have your meds checked, maybe she could get you an appointment. "As expected, Nevada lags the recovery, but the gap, at least measured by the unemployment rate, is beginning to narrow," Anderson said.
The state's jobless rate peaked at 14.9 percent in December.
Unemployment in the Las Vegas area was 12.1 percent in April. That's down 3 percentage points from the same month a year ago and 1.3 percentage points from March.
The April jobless rate fell to 11.7 percent in the Reno and Carson City areas, down from 13.1 percent and 13.2 percent, respectively, in the previous month. Elko's jobless rate in April was 6.9 percent.
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9NBCC781.htm It is our responsibility to protect that child once that child’s born too. When we start debating a budget, let’s make sure we don’t cut 100,000 vaccines. Let’s make sure we’ve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that baby’s born, oh no, we don’t want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a women’s uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte #20. To: lucysmom (#19) No, she's an office manager for a clinic. Fine. She's still full of shit. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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