The unions thought they knew with whom they were getting into bed when they supported Obamacrapcare. Now they are finding out that they might be losing the very coverage they thought they were protecting. If they had just listened to those of us on the conservative side, they would have known that it would not work out for them.
Now they are calling for changes and from what we hear, the document is very rigid and most requested changes will require an act of Congress. Do they really think that will happen? Fools. They allowed their allegiance to the Demoncratic (yes that is spelled correctly) party overcome their common sense. Now their members (and the rest of us) will pay the price for the most ill-conceived, over-priced, over-regulated legislation every passed by Congress. And yes, the very IRS which has become a political tool of the Obama Administration is charged with enforcing it!
If it weren't so bad for all of us we would stand on the sidelines and cheer! However, our only hope is that the law will be declared null and void or completely un-funded. Our hopes are great but we fear they will be dashed.
So prepare for the worst coverage you will ever had with double or triple the cost you are currently paying. That is the way of Obamacrapcare!
Conservative Tom
Unions Turn Against Obamacare Fearing Lost Coverage
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:51 AM
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) said it is worried that its members will actually lose healthcare coverage they have now once the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented early next year, reports The Hill.
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Joe Hansen, president of the UFCW, a 1.3 million-member group that endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, wrote in an editorial published in The Hill that Obama's claim at the 2009 AFL-CIO convention that union members could keep their current insurance under the new law “is simply not true for millions of workers.”
“You can’t have the same quality health care that you had before, despite what the president said,” Hansen asserted, adding: “Now what’s going to happen is everybody is going to have to go to private for-profit insurance companies. We just don’t think that’s right. … We just want to keep what we already have and what we bought at tremendous cost.”
At issue is the fact that many UFCW members have multi-employer Taft-Hartley plans, and the law apparently does not provide tax subsidies for the approximately 20 million people covered by them.
Hansen said in The Hill editorial that his members normally negotiate with their employers to receive better healthcare services in lieu of higher wages, and that the bargaining chip could be eliminated because some employers won’t have the incentive to keep their workers’ multi-employer plans without tax subsidies.
Hansen’s concerns are shared by other labor groups. Last month, the president of the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers issued a statement calling “for repeal or complete reform of the Affordable Care Act.”
Unite Here, a prominent hotel workers’ union, and the International brotherhood of Teamsters are also calling for changes, according to The Hill.
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Multiemployer plans are not addressed in the ACA. Obama can handle this issue with an executive order or HHS with a rule that allows these plans the right to participate in the exchanges in the way employers can. However, I don't know whether that is a good idea as far as what's best for the country.
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You see this is one of the problems when you write a bill and don't let the adults in the room with experience in health insurance, in this case. 10% of employees are in unions!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't researched this at much depth, but some of what I read is that the unions are worried that members will be able to get a better healthcare plan at lower cost with Obamacare than they have under the multiemployer plan. I expect that is especially true for low-wage service industry workers who would qualify for big subsidies on Obamacare. The more people who switch into Obamacare, the stronger the exchange becomes. But it is an easy fix, if needed.
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