http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/06/1355875/-First-planned-Republican-Obamacare-vote-Taking-insurance-away-from-1-5-million-nbsp-workers?detail=email
The Republican Obamacare repeal assault will begin this week, when both chambers are expected to vote to exploit workers and take employer-sponsored insurance away from as many as 1.5 million people. What Republicans say they are doing is restoring full-time work, what they're really doing is giving incentive to employers to make people work an almost 40-week without health insurance benefits. The employer mandate in Obamacare kicks in this year. It requires companies that have 50 or more employees either provide insurance to 95 percent of their full-time employees or pay a fine, and defines full-time work as 30 hours per week. Republicans want to change that definition to 40 hours.
"I call this the 'send people home a half hour early on Friday and deny them health insurance' bill," says Tim Jost, a health care law scholar at the Washington and Lee University School of Law who has consulted with the Obama administration on implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that it would mean half a million people losing insurance immediately, and the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that it would force one million onto Medicaid—increasing the federal deficit by $73.7 billion over 10 years. That's just one reason some on the right don't like this idea.
okay let's stop here, we hear way to little about those that get the insurance rug yanked out from under them by the republican congress, nor do we hear about the cost of doing such a despicable thing to those who only get to smell affordable care before the right wing stink permeates the air that they will soon set about deregulating in favor of smoke stacks oil and contaminated soil which brings us to what really is in or on your food? don't forget they tried to take this from you 56 times and now they think 57 or 67 more will do the trick.
Writing this weekend in National Review, Yuval Levin, a conservative popular with House Republicans, said the legislation "seems likely to be worse than doing nothing." His rationale is that there are many more people who work 40 hours a week than just over 30, and that it would be easier for an employer to cut their hours to 39 a week to avoid offering them insurance than to 29.
House Republicans previously tried to force this legislative change through a spending bill, but the Democratic-controlled Senate stripped it. They could do it again this year, passing it with a Republican Senate. That could force President Obama's hand, if a potential government shut-down was at stake. But that's if this change is enough for the tea party contingent in congress which is still spoiling for full repeal.
Pres. and his family like those who oppose you having it to a good insurance plan have one safe and secure so hurting Pres. or making him look bad, boy are they in for a rude awakening on which way is up. folks don't you see the grand puddle of elephant dung we are going to be wading in, midterm stay home was the worst decision made since forever and until we do something to straighten the crooked nails we put in our own coffins welcome to 2015 through infinity or next year if you care.
those sad looks on that picture got to believe a fake photo opt they know what they will do will devastate American families but they are going to give it the old GOP go (greed over people), we got nothing coming from this party, those who cry about Obama will you cry about the republicans who intend to give you nothing but directions on who to further advance their agenda and ground spike yours. recognize
