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UPS to drop 15,000 spouses from insurance, cites Obamacare
Atlanta Business Chronicle ^ | Aug 21, 2013, 5:13am EDT Updated: Aug 21, 2013, 7:13am EDT

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; aca; democrats; economy; epicfail; insurancedropped; jobs; obama; obamacare; pelosi; spouses; ups
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To: angcat

“Ha All Obot voters I’m sure.”
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I would not be so sure of that. I was a UPS shipper, and saw the driver every day. I remember only three guys that serviced my company, one was black, but all seemed to be conservatives. This, of course, was long before anyone had heard of Obumbo, 1970s to 90s.


41 posted on 08/21/2013 8:48:59 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: 2001convSVT

The jobs like driver, sorter, loader, washer are union, management and the relatively few hourly clerks in a couple of departments are not.


42 posted on 08/21/2013 11:33:26 PM PDT by kelly4c (http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2900389%2C41#help)
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To: 9YearLurker

I disagree with that thought process.

I say this as a married man with no children. The same mindset could describe employees who have no children versus those who do as feeling they are discriminated against because they somehow get less than those with children.

I do not begrudge any “extra” benefits given to a worker who has children in the same way I never begrudged any benefits to married couples when I was single.

If a company offers benefits to attract quality workers, it is up to them to decide how they want to do it.


43 posted on 08/22/2013 3:20:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: Perdogg
United Parcel Service Inc. plans to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere.

DUH!

Who AIN'T???

44 posted on 08/22/2013 3:43:53 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: rlmorel

Yes, you can also argue that companies should be able to pay men way more than women for the same work, if they so choose, but I don’t think that’s right any more than I think it is right to pay someone almost twice as much if they are covering an entire family with health insurance. Let people get paid the same for the same job and then choose how much of that they’d like funneled into the various benefit options.


45 posted on 08/22/2013 6:11:53 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: angcat

Interesting UPS is not mentioning GAY RIGHTS and parasitic marriage as the culprit, but that makes sense now.


46 posted on 08/22/2013 6:16:12 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: 9YearLurker

Funny no one speaks about women getting the men’s paycheck anyways.


47 posted on 08/22/2013 6:18:03 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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48 posted on 08/22/2013 9:35:38 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: 9YearLurker

If it is a mandate, that is wrong.

If a company offers it as a benefit to attract people, that is different, and that is what I am referring to.

I should be able to run my company as I see fit.


49 posted on 08/22/2013 9:43:11 AM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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