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Labor unions primary recipients of Obamacare waivers
dailycaller.com ^ | 01/06/2012 | By Paul Conner

Posted on 01/07/2012 5:08:06 AM PST by rawhide

Labor unions continued to receive the overwhelming majority of waivers from the president’s health care reform law since the Obama administration tightened application rules last summer.

Documents released in a classic Friday afternoon news dump show that labor unions representing 543,812 workers received waivers from President Barack Obama‘s signature legislation since June 17, 2011.

By contrast, private employers with a total of 69,813 employees, many of whom work for small businesses, were granted waivers.

The Department of Health and Human Services revised the rules governing applications for health reform waivers June 17, 2011, amid a steady stream of controversial news reports, including The Daily Caller’s story that nearly 20 percent of last May’s waivers went to businesses in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s district in California.

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No surprise here! What a corrupt adminstration! Worse ever! Makes former President Carter and his administration look presidential!
1 posted on 01/07/2012 5:08:10 AM PST by rawhide
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To the victors go the spoils (it’s the Chicago way)


2 posted on 01/07/2012 5:20:29 AM PST by farmguy
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I am pretty sure that I saw union signs and union members all in favor for this health care mess last year.


3 posted on 01/07/2012 6:00:18 AM PST by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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4 posted on 01/07/2012 6:35:51 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: rawhide

What would be just lovely is if the next administration exempted everyone except unions.


5 posted on 01/07/2012 7:36:36 AM PST by OldCountryBoy (You can't make this stuff up!)
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Oppression is for Republicans, not for democrat hypocrites who pushed this legislation.


6 posted on 01/07/2012 11:49:13 AM PST by FormerACLUmember
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7 posted on 01/07/2012 12:58:12 PM PST by madmaximus (Anyone But Robamney.)
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