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Why would anyone need a waiver from such an excellent plan?

hypocritexposer

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Sometimes you just have to laugh, but ask a serious question.

Was this by design or are these people gullible by nature?



The United Federation of Teachers, the New York City branch of the American Federation of Teachers, which pushed ardently for ObamaCare has now requested – and received – a waiver from its mandates.

The UFT is a member of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT). In September 2009, the NYSUT’s website published “Health care reform: facts vs. myths.” Here’s an excerpt:

Myth: Health care reform will force you out of your current insurance plan or force you to change doctors.
Fact: You can keep your existing insurance; reform will expand your medical options, not eliminate them.

ObamaCare was such a great idea at the time - the AFT gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Healthcare for America Now, the leading organization pushing for the government takeover of health care.

It was announced Thursday that the UFT has requested and received an Obamacare-waiver after it discovered their members would end up losing their health insurance plans.

http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/10/08/union-pushes-for-obamacare-then-is-granted-waiver/
 

Twister Frost

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Exactly why it angers me that in order to belong to my local and state education associations, I have to pay national dues, too. What do they do with national dues?---turn around and spend huge amounts in the political arena. What a complete joke---but why is this not all over the news?
 

Steve

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Twister Frost said:
Exactly why it angers me that in order to belong to my local and state education associations, I have to pay national dues, too. What do they do with national dues?---turn around and spend huge amounts in the political arena. What a complete joke---but why is this not all over the news?

the media is largely liberal.. and the national teachers union is largely liberal...

so why attack someone with the same views?
 

hypocritexposer

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Whitewing said:
You can't make this stuff up. :lol:

There's an even better story concerning the closing of 3 Catholic hospitals in Scranton. I'll start a new thread, because it's a long story.

but...


A mushrooming political battle over ObamaCare involving the White House, two incumbent Pennsylvania congressmen, three Catholic hospitals and a nun has just exploded in, of all places, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Charges from the Scranton medical community of intimidation by the Obama White House and its allies are filling the air.


The President's Nun

http://ranchers.net/forum/posting.php?mode=newtopic&f=6
 

Lonecowboy

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WASHINGTON – Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers.

In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul as part of the reason it is asking some 90,000 nonunion workers to pay significantly more for their health plan next year. A copy of the letter was obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

"The newly enacted health care reform legislation, while intended to expand access to care for millions of uninsured Americans, is also adding cost pressure as requirements of the new law are phased in over the next several years," wrote Rick Stephens, Boeing's senior vice president for human resources.

Boeing is the latest major employer to signal a shift for its workers as a result of the legislation, which expands coverage to more than 30 million uninsured people and ranks as President Barack Obama's top domestic achievement. Earlier, McDonald's had raised questions about whether a limited benefit plan that serves some 30,000 of its employees would remain viable under the law. That prompted the administration to issue McDonald's a waiver from certain requirements under the law.

Spokeswoman Karen Forte said the Boeing plan is more generous than what its closest competitors offer, and the company was concerned it would get hit with a new tax under the law.

The tax on so-called "Cadillac" health plans doesn't take effect until 2018, but employers are already beginning to assess their exposure because it is hefty: at 40 percent of the value above $10,200 for individual coverage and $27,500 for a family plan.

"We want to manage our costs so this tax doesn't apply to our plan, but that's down the road," said Forte
 
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