Unions Grow Wary of Health Law They Backed

Labor unions enthusiastically backed the Obama administration's health-care overhaul when it was up for debate. Now that the law is rolling out, some are turning sour.
Union leaders say many of the law's requirements will drive up the costs for their health-care plans and make unionized workers less competitive. Among other things, the law eliminates the caps on medical benefits and prescription drugs used as cost-containment measures in many health-care plans. It also allows children to stay on their parents' plans until they turn 26.

To offset that, the nation's largest labor groups want their lower-paid members to be able to get federal insurance subsidies while remaining on their plans.

Top officers at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the AFL-CIO and other large labor groups plan to keep pressing the Obama administration to expand the federal subsidies to these jointly run plans, warning that unionized employers may otherwise drop coverage.

Yahoo News

So Obamacare isn't all sunshine and lol lipops? The unions want another taxpayer bailout, I am shocked, shocked I tell you.

And then there's this:

IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family

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(CNSNews.com) – In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year.

Read more (while you figure out how much more cash you will be forking over thanks to Obamacare):
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-family

[sarcasm]Isn't Obamacare the greatest thing since extended unemployment benefits and food stamps?![/sarcasm]

Good article Grady.

"I heard him say, 'If you like your health plan, you can keep it,' " Mr. Wilhelm recalled.

Dang that was funny. This union guy actually fell for that campaign speech. Too late to complain now! Sorry.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/unions-gr ... 9.html?l=1


For some enjoyable light reading, I recommend the following proposed IRS Obamacare regulations: 73 pages

"Shared Responsibility Payment for Not Maintaining Minimum Essential Coverage"

http://www.irs.gov/PUP/newsroom/REG-148500-12%20FR.pdf