Posted by Tina
Count the big unions in among those who don’t appreciate the reality of the “Affordable Care Act”…according to Forbes it’s creating a “nightmare scenario” for the union members. Hmmm, could this be a sterling (costly) example of “be careful what you wish for”?
Yes indeed it could! Business has a bottom line to attend to and Obamacare’s arm twisting regulations are forcing them to reconsider worker hours. This spells bad news for the working men and women who are letting their union bosses know that they aren’t happy. So the union leaders have sent a letter to the leadership of the Democrat Party which reads in part:
“When you and the President sought our support for the Affordable Care Act you pledged that if we liked the health plans we have now, we could keep them. Sadly, that promise is under threat…We have been strong supporters of the notion that all Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care. We have also been strong supporters of you. In campaign after campaign we have put boots on the ground, gone door-to-door to get out the vote, run phone banks and raised money to secure this vision. Now this vision has come back to haunt us.”
The Forbes article is extensive on the union position…read it!
I don’t expect this wrinkle to change union support for Democrats but a disgruntled support group doesn’t bode well overall for the sustainability of the very unpopular Obamacare or the Democrats in 2014.
This very bad law needs to be scrapped. American’s need solutions for healthcare that actually work! The left is ever active…if we want smart, workable solutions our representatives in Congress need to hear from everyone who sees the train wreck coming around the bend.
Aw-w-w-w-w. And after all that $$ spent by the unions to get Obumble elected/re-elected, they’re finding out that the promises made by their messiah aren’t worth spit.
No sympathy here. You union folks get to suffer right along with the rest of us. Unless you can convince Harry & the Taxocrats to bring up Obumblecare repeal for a vote . . . .
Here’s what the House Republicans plan to do this week.
House Republicans to vote on ObamaCare, say Obama’s delay of employer mandate unfair:
House Republicans will vote this week to delay the part of ObamaCare requiring Americans to buy health insurance by next year, arguing that President Obama recently delaying the part of the law requiring employers to offer health insurance is a corporate favor that slights struggling, average Americans.
In announcing the vote last week, House Speaker John Boehner said the Republican-controlled chamber also will vote to delay the so-called employer mandate because such decisions require congressional authority, then rattled off a list of reasons why delaying only the employer mandate is unfair.
“If you’re a software company making billions in profits, you’re exempt from ObamaCare next year,” he said Friday. “But if you’re a 28-year-old struggling to pay-off your student loans, you’re not. … Is it fair for the president to give American businesses an exemption from his health law’s mandates without giving the same break to the rest of America? Hell no.”
The full House vote could come as early as Wednesday and will be on bills that originated last week in the House Ways and Means Committee, a staff member told FoxNews.com on Sunday.
The bills attempt to delay the implementation of the individual and the employer mandate, which earlier this month Obama postponed until after the 2014 elections.
“This will likely increase the overall cost of this bill to the taxpayer, making it even more unaffordable,” he said.
The Congressional Budget Office has said the employer mandate would have generated $10 billion in revenue in 2014, which will be lost. Congressional Republicans last week asked the non-partisan office for a new analysis to see if a delay will make ObamaCare more expensive.
Full article and video:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/14/house-republicans-to-vote-on-obamacare-say-obamas-delay-employer-mandate-unfair/
Union bosses are almost ready for endangered species status…and its about time. They don’t work in the best interests of the worker when they force jobs to disappear, force deep indebtedness for the taxpayers, and force state and local governments that fail.
Employees that are stuck in a union and don’t like it should read this article in the Free Beacon. A few excerpts:
Peggy, Republicans in the House have done a lot of work…that will go absolutely nowhere! Until the next election I don’t expect much more to happen.
It is amazing that the Democrats in leadership can stand the heat of failure for this long. Any honorable person would feel some shame, not to mention embarrassment…it is amazing that the Democrats in leadership can stand the heat for this long.
But the people who support them seem to be willing to endure any hardship in exchange for a few dollars and empty promises never realize they are digging all of us into a big hole. Old dogs are hard to teach but you’d think young people would be looking for real solutions about now. The lengthy high unemployment, and little chance for career, has to be weighing on some of them and making them reconsider the lefts arrogant assumptions about government tax and spend policies. We shall see.
Somethings going on; the Presidents polling numbers are dipping lately. See here and here.
I think the House Republican’s move to remove the individual payer requirement, to align with the employer provided removal recommended by Obama, is a strategic gotcha for the House and Senate Democrats. If they vote to not endorse it they will pay at the voting booth by every voter who was forced to pay for their coverage, knowing businesses didn’t.
The icing on the cake is now big labor and even Trumka and Hoffa are screaming, “Obama lied.” Tooooo funny.
Peggy wouldn’t an honest dialogue to solve problems be a welcome change?
The House has asked the CBO for a new economic evaluation. It should be interesting.