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ObamaCare Waivers Probably Don’t Favor Unions
IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 6/15/2011 | David Hogberg

Posted on 06/16/2011 7:42:18 AM PDT by Slyscribe

There surely has been no shortage of special favors for labor unions under ObamaCare. But it increasingly appears that the ObamaCare waivers doled out by the Dept. of Health and Human Services are not among them.

While this had long been a contention of conservatives (including Capital Hill) given the seemingly disproportionate number of waivers that went to unions, two new pieces of evidence strongly suggest that political favoritism is not playing a role.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamacare; premiums; unions; waivers

1 posted on 06/16/2011 7:42:25 AM PDT by Slyscribe
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To: Slyscribe

um... sure


2 posted on 06/16/2011 7:44:02 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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To: Slyscribe

(not addresssed at you Sly)

Any article with the word “Probably” in the title is journalistic dumbassittude of the highest order

Don’t write an article if you DONT KNOW for certain. ‘Probably’ means nothing


3 posted on 06/16/2011 7:46:41 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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To: Slyscribe

HHS can’t allow the corruption to be too obvious.


4 posted on 06/16/2011 7:47:02 AM PDT by reg45
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To: Slyscribe

” evidence strongly suggest that political favoritism is not playing a role. “

Political favoritism *not* playing a role in something the Obama Regime does??

That’s man-bites-dog, “STOP THE PRESSES”, “Drudge Siren” NEWS!!!!!!


5 posted on 06/16/2011 7:47:50 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Slyscribe

As an Obama voter might say: “that’s a skretch”


6 posted on 06/16/2011 7:48:09 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: Slyscribe

I think what he means is that it’s a different form of political favoritism rather than special consideration for the unions. The real question is: who gets the waivers, and how is that decided? My guess is that it always requires connections, such as the waivers in Pelosi’s district.


7 posted on 06/16/2011 7:52:45 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Slyscribe

how about HEARINGS on it!


8 posted on 06/16/2011 8:00:17 AM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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To: Pollster1

how will we know the answers to your questions unless congress has hearings on it!


9 posted on 06/16/2011 8:01:10 AM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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To: Slyscribe

The waivers favor repeal.


10 posted on 06/16/2011 8:08:30 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Slyscribe

IBD is generally good however waivers are up to 1400.

This means our personal health is simply a political bargaining chip to someone that does not care about us.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obamacare-waivers-climb-to-nearly-1400/


11 posted on 06/16/2011 8:20:34 AM PDT by edcoil (What? Me worry.)
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To: Slyscribe

Aren’t unions exempt from the tax on “Cadillac Health Plans”? There’s your exemption.


12 posted on 06/16/2011 8:32:19 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Mr. K

Poor reasoning on the part of the blog author. A majority of the waiver denials were unions — that doesn’t disprove union favoritism; we don’t know the number of people covered by those plans, and we can’t compare that to the number of unions getting waivers.

We don’t know how many unfavored groups are not even bothering to ask for waivers. We don’t know if the unions are being coached on how to file requests that meet the criteria they claim to be using.


13 posted on 06/16/2011 1:53:54 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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