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Obamacare to pay 'navigators' $20 to $48 an hour, provide free translators
The Washington Examiner ^ | Apri 3, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 04/03/2013 11:49:18 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Tens of thousands of health care professionals, union workers and community activists hired as "navigators" to help Americans choose Obamacare options starting Oct. 1 will be paid up to $48 an hour, more than six times the federal minimum wage of $7.25, according to new regulations issued Wednesday.

The 63-page rule covering navigators, drawn up by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, also said the government will provide free translators for those not fluent in English -- no matter what their native language is.

It is still not clear how many navigators will be required. California, however, provides a hint. It wants 21,000.

That could be an expensive proposition, since every one of them must be paid a minimum of $20 an hour. According to the new regulations, navigators and assistants will earn $20 an hour, while navigator project leaders will earn $29 an hour. Navigator senior executives will be paid $48 an hour.

The rules allow navigators to come from the ranks of unions, health providers and community action groups such as ACORN and Planned Parenthood. They are required to provide unbiased advice.

Some in Congress are already wary of the navigators. Louisiana Republican Rep. Charles Boustany Jr., chairman of the House Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee, has raised questions about a voter registration provision in the Obamacare application Americans will have to fill out to receive health care, and whether Democratic-leaning activists will influence which party people choose to join.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
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To: popdonnelly

What you just said.


41 posted on 04/03/2013 4:21:37 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Hojczyk

Sounds like reparations for the 70 IQ morons in the big, liberal cities.


42 posted on 04/03/2013 5:18:41 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave

Like endless waves forever hitting the beach...

Will this madness ever be stopped? Insanity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


43 posted on 04/08/2013 9:57:36 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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