Posted on 08/21/2013 5:22:33 AM PDT by Perdogg
United Parcel Service Inc. plans to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere. The Atlanta-based logistics company points to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as a big reason for the decision, reports Kaiser Health News.
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Like the other stories, this will be revised and quashed by dinner time..
and it just keeps getting better and better
Unlikely. UPS is a very conservative company as are a large majority of the employees. Plus this only applies to “management” not the union employees:
“According to Kaiser, UPS told white-collar workers two months ago that 15,000 working spouses eligible for coverage by their own employers would be excluded from the UPS plan in 2014.
UPS expects the move, which applies to non-union U.S. workers only,”
If so ... mixed feelings
(except of course ozero is the cause of all that's happening bad in America ... now.)
That shouldn't matter. An employer should have no obligation to pay compensation to people who aren't employees and do not contribute in any way to the employer's business activities. When an employer covers a spouse and other family members under its insurance plan, that's effectively what it is doing.
Obamacare and gay marriage.
And companies refuse to hire or massively cut back.
The unintended consequences of a “progressive” government.
And they will never blame themselves why their economies don’t work. They will just blame evil corporations.
Granted. BUT, it has been a benefit and part of the employee's overall compensation. The company gains by attracting employees who value that. At one time, it was economically feasible to make that decision. Now, not so much.
Teamsters: “Wait! What?”
Oh, unions exempt - for now.
The union employees have a contract which will be renegotiated at some point, and I expect health insurance will be a big part of the negotiations.
Expect to see more of this as companies of all stripes look at the numbers. It will just make economic sense. Employers who have benefited from employees married to spouses working at Cadillac coverage companies will start to shift their plans as well. In the end the path leads to obamacare.
Technically, an employer has no OBLIGATION to provide ANY benefits whatsoever. However, to retain employees and attract new employees, employers often DO offer benefits. . . . Assuming that since it is not compulsory, then it is forbidden is a Lefty thought-process, friend. . .
Yet their direct competitor, FedEx, has not found it necessary to invoke such “austerity measures” for its management.
The difference? UPS is a union shop.
And companies refuse to hire or massively cut back.
The unintended consequences of a “progressive” government.
I disagree, those consequences are entirely intended. Just oiling the slippery slope.
Wow, a bit of an oversight, no?
The answer is Obamacare was designed to do three things: Bankrupt private insurance companies and the medical profession. 2. Fail. 3. Pave the way for a single payer system, a/k/a socialized medicine.
Now that the Supreme Court has declared it Constitutional it will accomplish goal one and in accomplishing goal one fail, thus accomplishing goal two.
What is happening now is laying the groundwork for goal three; the design and implementation of a single payer system. Bullshit, you say, it is preposterous to consider obamacare a failure and it is too early to even think of a single payer system. Recall how many years it took the Democrats to get obamacare passed? The Democrats heed the lessons learned from their mistakes. The Republicans don't.
“this only applies to “management” not the union employees”
Come the next contract, it could get interesting.
The health law requires large employers to cover employees and dependent children, but not spouses or domestic partners, Kaiser adds.
“Wow, a bit of an oversight, no? “
The DemonRats war on Women and Gays, news at 5:00, or not.
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