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State Workers Worried About Losing 'Cadillac' Medical Benefits
Publius' Forum ^ | 7/07/09 | Warner Todd Huston

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.

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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: healthcare; obama; unions
THIS is why Obamacare will be a failure.
1 posted on 07/07/2009 1:23:46 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

It’s also why states are bankrupt.


2 posted on 07/07/2009 1:25:05 PM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

I thought the unions would be left alone to continue whatever they are doing.


3 posted on 07/07/2009 1:29:32 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Mobile Vulgus
Liberals have no problem spending others' money!

Liberal power and Union Negotiations are a recipe for financial disaster!

4 posted on 07/07/2009 1:31:43 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Mobile Vulgus

New Hampshire - Live Free or Bedrest


5 posted on 07/07/2009 1:37:24 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (ABC-AP-MSNBC-All Obama, All the time.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

And when everyone else is TAXED on their Volkwagon heath-care plans, these Cadillac plans will be tax EXEMPT for the unions!


6 posted on 07/07/2009 1:50:56 PM PDT by 2harddrive (then)
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To: 2harddrive

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?


7 posted on 07/07/2009 1:57:21 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: 2harddrive

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.


8 posted on 07/07/2009 2:16:26 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: Mobile Vulgus

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.


9 posted on 07/07/2009 2:32:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

No, they probably overeat and never exercise - bet they are FAT from sitting around on the job, wallowing it the backlog of unfinished work.


10 posted on 07/08/2009 4:44:12 AM PDT by 2harddrive (then)
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