Posted on 07/07/2009 1:23:46 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
If you want to see the logical disconnect of unions and their lap dog lawmakers where it concerns costs to government, one need look no further than the over indulgent healthcare plan that New Hampshire's state workers have been lavished with.
On July 4, the Boston Globe published a story that details the incredibly rich healthcare plan that state workers have succeeded in getting due to union negotiations with pliant Democrat lawmakers. It seems that they get just about any kind of care they want and all for "free." It's called a "Cadillac" healthcare plan and it is amazing for its coverage.
According to the Globe, surgery is free for New Hampshire state workers. So are MRIs, CT scans and X-Rays. It gets even more indulgent.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
It’s also why states are bankrupt.
I thought the unions would be left alone to continue whatever they are doing.
Liberal power and Union Negotiations are a recipe for financial disaster!
New Hampshire - Live Free or Bedrest
And when everyone else is TAXED on their Volkwagon heath-care plans, these Cadillac plans will be tax EXEMPT for the unions!
I suspect they would make a perfect test case sample population. With provisions that generous, one would assume they have better “health outcomes” than for people who actually have to pay for things. Or would they?
And when everyone else is TAXED on their Volkwagon heath-care plans, these Cadillac plans will be tax EXEMPT for the unions!
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It would make for an interesting “equal protection” case that’s for sure.
you should see how they don red t-shirts and stomp around in a hissy-fit every time California proposes that they pick up a ten dollar co-pay.
No, they probably overeat and never exercise - bet they are FAT from sitting around on the job, wallowing it the backlog of unfinished work.
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