Unions Insult Taxpayers with Obamacare Subsidy Request Alyene Senger February 5, 2013 at 11:30 am (17) Labor union leaders, who are big supporters of President Obama and were big proponents of his health care reform law, want taxpayer dollars to help pay for the increase in their health care costs due to Obamacare. There are many provisions in Obamacare that will raise the cost of insurance in both the individual and employer markets. To name just a few of these provisions: no pre-existing condition exclusions, no cost-sharing on certain preventative benefits, children can stay on their parents’ plan until they’re 26, and no cap on medical benefits. It should surprise no one that adding benefits and restricting cost-sharing adds considerable costs to health plans. However, it appears the unions were too busy supporting Obamacare to do the math. Unions are now asking for a reprieve from the higher costs in the form of taxpayer subsidies for their lower income workers with employer-sponsored insurance. However, the subsidies are only intended to go to those purchasing coverage in the new exchanges, not to anyone with employer-sponsored insurance. To be clear, they want taxpayer subsidies to offset the cost of their insurance while non-union workers in the same predicament would not receive help. This request should insult every American taxpayer. These unions are using their political clout to ask for special treatment under the law at the expense of taxpayers. Thus far, the Administration has not caved in to their request but the unions are determined to keep up the pressure.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 23:36:49 +0000
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