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Unions denied waiver


Posted: Sep 14, 2013

Well now. Seems like the Unions screwed themselves when fighting so hard for Obamacare. Now they have to get in line with the rest of businesses and people. No favoritism for them. Too bad this happened AFTER the 2012 election.

Obama administration denies labor’s request for health care waiver

By Ezra Klein, Published: September 13 at 6:05 pm

 

Organized labor was one of the Obama administration's most important allies during the passage of the Affordable Care Act. But more recently, some unions have been among the law's loudest critics.



 

 

 

A particular issue of contention has been so-called "Taft-Hartley plans" -- multi-employer health-care plans that unions run, and that aren't eligible for subsidies under the terms of the Affordable Care Act. The plans cover about 20 million Americans, and the government treats them as employer-based health-care plans for tax purposes.

A recent letter signed by the powerful Teamster, UNITE-HERE, and UFCW unions warned that "under the ACA as interpreted by the Administration, our employees will be treated differently and not be eligible for subsidies afforded other citizens. As such, many employees will be relegated to second-class status and shut out of the help the law offers to for-profit insurance plans."

Read the rest here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/13/obama-administration-denies-labors-request-for-health-care-waiver/

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OP, accidentally answered above. In short: Oh, well. - We're not subsiding cadillac policies.nm

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