McDonald’s receives healthcare coverage waiver
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted McDonald’s and other multibillion dollar companies a special waiver that will grant them an exemption from providing increased healthcare benefits to their workers.
Under the guidelines passed in the healthcare reform bill, McDonald’s “mini-med” program did not meet the minimum requirements set in the new law. McDonald’s had threatened to drop healthcare coverage altogether if they were not exempted–preferring to pay the government a fine rather than increase their coverage, because the fine would be cheaper.
This means that some of the largest companies–the same companies that the Obama regime said should be paying for healthcare benefits for their employees because they could afford to–are now the companies that are being exempted from the healthcare reform bill. This seems to be at odds with some of the stated goals of the healthcare reform bill.
Companies such as McDonald’s were the ones used by the Obama regime as examples of companies who were not providing their employees with adequate insurance and now they are being exempted from providing that insurance in what is obviously a political move; the regime did not want the bad publicity of companies dropping healthcare insurance before the midterm election, so they are now granting them the okay to provide less than adequate–in the Obama regime’s eye–insurance because of the Obama regime’s promise that nobody would lose their current insurance.
So while large companies are now being exempted, the ordinary American who does not have healthcare insurance because he or she cannot afford it will still be mandated to buy the insurance they cannot afford; if they do not buy coverage they will be forced to pay the same penalty that these large companies were just provided relief from. There are no exemptions being granted to ordinary Americans, only to the large corporations.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining about big businesses not doing their fair share–I don’t think the government has any right to tell private corporations what benefits they have to offer their employees–I am simply trying to show that while the Obama regime has been critical of these companies in the past, they are now willing to bend over backwards and help these companies keep in place the policies which which I thought the Obama regime disagreed with.
This just highlights yet another flaw in the healthcare reform law and we are only beginning to see it phased in. Nancy Pelosi said the Congress had to pass the bill before we could see what is in it and so far what we have seen is that this is a seriously flawed piece of legislation.
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So much for obamacare being the savior of The United States!
You can say that again!
I heard the waiver is only for one year and after a year they will reevaluate to see if the will continue to grant a waiver. Is this even America anymore???
It gives them the “opportunity” to make a generous contribution to the DNC?
That just happens to push this issue out nicely until after the election, doesn’t it? A coincidence, I think not.
And the Unions, those who helped push and promote the Obamacare agenda will also be exempted,
Steve welcome home and any thoughts on the One Nation” Communist 10 -2 march?
What a mess they left at ww2 memorial. Shameful
http://www.wikio.com/video/nation-rally-respect-wwii-vets-4212474
Yep, exemptions for all of Obama’s special interst groups just before an election. I think the people see through this at this point. At least I hope they do.
While I was awat I commented on a couple of blogs about the 10-2 march but I didn’t write about it myself. It is absolutely disgraceful they way the trashed not only the WWII memorial, but the grounds in general. These people have no respect for anything American and they continue to prove it on a daily basis.
You are going to like the hotel you will be staying at next week. With the exeption of college football they have Fox News on 24-7 in the lobby and in the breakfast room.
A friend of mine posted on Facebook this letter to Obama her husband wrote:
“On March 16th of this year, you made a speech in which you estimated “premiums would fall by as much as $3,000 [sic] per person” for people who receive insurance coverage from their employer.
I just re-enrolled with my employer. My health care out of pocket costs went up by 48.8%, meaning I just lost over $250 per month in discretionary income; equivalent to a pay cut of $3,800.
My income does not qualify me for your arbitrary estimate of “the wealthy.” I am a working, middle-income citizen who is trying to provide for my children.
At best, you are an amateur who ignored the pitfalls of this health care plan. At worst, you are a liar.
Obviously, I will not be voting for you, and will actively support any candidate willing to reverse/de-fund/eliminate your bloated health care bill.”