Facts on the anti-Obamacare legislation Republicans are pushing in Congress: The actual aim of the bill is not to protect employees from cuts to their work hours. The aim is to undermine health reform and curry favor with corporate constituents. In contrast to the 30 hour threshold in current law, the bill’s proposed 40 hour threshold would let businesses deny insurance to employees who work between 30 and 39 hours a week, without paying a penalty. Over 10 years, that would shift increase the budget deficit by shifting some $46 billion of the cost of insuring those employees onto taxpayers, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:10:00 +0000
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