Over two hundred companies and unions now have a free ride when it comes to Obamacare. That is, these entities do not have to abide by the rules imposed on their competitors under the new health insurance law. Thanks to the HHS waivers, these companies and unions will save millions of dollars in the bank while all others will begin the process of laying off employees or dropping health coverage all together to stay competitive.
Just two months ago there were only 29 unions and companies that had received waivers excluding them from the Obamacare mandates. Sixty days later that number has increased nearly tenfold, and there is no sign of this slowing down.
A teacher’s union in the country, with 351,000 members, received a waiver, as did McDonald’s and Jack In The Box. Unless Burger King gets a waiver, it isn’t tough to see what a huge financial disadvantage they will experience, having to spend millions more on health insurance while their competitors do not. What is ironic is that most unions fought hard for Obamacare. It wasn’t until they read the fine print, (remember, Ms. Pelosi said it had to be passed into law so that we could see what was in it,) that they realized there was no way they could afford such a plan.
Thankfully, many more Americans are realizing just how important it is to repeal Obamacare, and replace it with a completely different program such as this… Repeal and Replace.
Michael Higgins
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