Documents reveal AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar and Deere are considering droping health care coverage

[mlmpetert]

Yowsers!

Wading into waivers - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

[saden1]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Yikes!

1 in 3 Employers Will Drop Health Benefits After ObamaCare Kicks In, Survey Finds - FoxNews.com

This can be a good thing or a bad thing but you guys seem to think it's all a bad thing. Many employers have inadequate health plans in place and one has to wonder if Obamacare will be a better option for their employees. Also, there is no faster way to lose your best talent then to drop health coverage altogether without an adequate or better replacement in place.

Remember why we have employer provided healthcare plans? Yeeeees, the light bulb in your head is flashing right about now isn't it?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

This can be a good thing or a bad thing but you guys seem to think it's all a bad thing. Many employers have inadequate health plans in place and one has to wonder if Obamacare will be a better option for their employees. Also, there is no faster way to lose your best talent then to drop health coverage altogether without an adequate or better replacement in place.

Remember why we have employer provided healthcare plans? Yeeeees, the light bulb in your head is flashing right about now isn't it?

That statement is one I don't get. The law mandates what has to be provided in these plans so how can they be inadequate when they are forced to provide the coverages?

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

That statement is one I don't get. The law mandates what has to be provided in these plans so how can they be inadequate when they are forced to provide the coverages?

I'm talking as it stands...many employers' plans are sub-par so they might drop their plans altogether in favor of ObamneyCare instead of vamping up their plans.

[firstdown]

Seems like union also don't want Obama Care or they are getting their kick back for supporting Obama.

Gateway Pundits carefully examined the list of 111 names and noted an abundance of unions, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), UFCW Allied Trade Health & Welfare Trust, IBEW No 915, Asbestos Workers Local 53 Welfare Fund, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 123 Welfare Fund, UFCW Local 227, UFCW Maximus Local 455, Local 25 WEIU, UFCW Local 1262, Local 802 Musicians Health Fund, Local 17 Hospitality Benefit Fund, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), Transport Workers, and UFT Welfare Fund (United Federation of Teachers).

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Seems like union also don't want Obama Care or they are getting their kick back for supporting Obama.

Gateway Pundits carefully examined the list of 111 names and noted an abundance of unions, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), UFCW Allied Trade Health & Welfare Trust, IBEW No 915, Asbestos Workers Local 53 Welfare Fund, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 123 Welfare Fund, UFCW Local 227, UFCW Maximus Local 455, Local 25 WEIU, UFCW Local 1262, Local 802 Musicians Health Fund, Local 17 Hospitality Benefit Fund, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), Transport Workers, and UFT Welfare Fund (United Federation of Teachers).

Unions are getting their Cadillac healthcare plans exempt...total horse shit.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

Unions are getting their Cadillac healthcare plans exempt...total horse shit.

I thought those cadillac plans where going to get taxed so everything would be fair.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I thought those cadillac plans where going to get taxed so everything would be fair.

No...you can get a waiver for it!

BTW, cadillac plan tax is yet another republican idea!