Posted on 07/28/2014 5:12:20 PM PDT by lowbridge
The Obama administration on Tuesday will publish a proposed rule that would give thousands of temporary and seasonal government workers access to the government’s health care program, even though current law would appear to prohibit them from using that program.
The rule from the Office of Personnel Management would let these federal workers sign up for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and also allow some of them to enjoy a government contribution to their insurance premiums. Both steps would be done through OPM’s proposed regulation, and not through an act of Congress.
The proposed rule indicates that OPM is trying to expand health coverage for workers who work a full-time schedule, using Obamacare’s definition of full-time work (at least 30 hours a week), but not for a full year.
But the change would appear to go against a 1978 law that, according to the Congressional Research Service, does not make temporary or intermittent workers eligible for the FEHB program. (An earlier version of this story said the change would violate Obamacare, but OPM confirmed to TheBlaze that Obamacare does not set any conditions on FEHB eligibility.)
Today, temporary federal workers with less than a year of service can’t enroll in FEHB. Seasonal employees working six months or less are also prohibited, as are many intermittent employees. And temporary workers with more than a year of service can sign up, but get no government contribution.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
It’s too bad we don’t have anyone up in the District of Corruption representing us who thinks we might want to do something about it. The Kenyan is out of control!
Well.... I bet these new TEMP and SEASONAL jobs go to our new ‘immigrants’.
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
I miss the rule of law.
He cannot obligate additional funds.
UN-freaking-believable.
Are they paying dues to the unions yet?
Gosh I am tired of ruling by Fiat, where is my Rule of Law back, 2 more years of this? What is your excuse not to stop this Mr. Boenher?
Laws????? We don’t need no steenkin’ laws.
I see our bureaucratic overlords have found another way to empty our pockets.
Obama is only half the problem, the other half is the beast the he feeds. Most of congress is not one whit better. They are all more afraid of the beast than they are of the voters.
The agencies will have to eat the cost because the government contribution to FEHB comes out of the employees fringe rate. What it will do is raise the rates of all current FEHB subscribers by increasing the risk in the actuarial pool.
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