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ObamaCare: Unions Get Better Grandfathers
IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 6/14/2010 | David Hogberg and Sean Higgins

Posted on 06/14/2010 11:15:02 AM PDT by Slyscribe

ObamaCare appears to have one grandfathered standard for labor unions and another standard for everyone else. Unions that had a health plan under a collective bargaining agreement by March 23, 2010, can switch insurers as long as the collective bargaining deal is in effect and not forfeit the grandfathered exemptions from many ObamaCare provisions. But anyone else — large business, small business, individual — who switches carriers loses their grandfathered status. IBD reported in Monday’s issue that the administration estimates that most employers’ health plans would lose

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1 posted on 06/14/2010 11:15:02 AM PDT by Slyscribe
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To: Slyscribe

Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.


2 posted on 06/14/2010 11:17:07 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
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To: Slyscribe

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3 posted on 06/14/2010 11:17:36 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Slyscribe

Told you so
Told you so
Told you so
Told you so


4 posted on 06/14/2010 11:20:46 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Slyscribe

Their Grandfather is better than my Grandfather?


5 posted on 06/14/2010 11:39:44 AM PDT by RockinRight (I can see November from here!)
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To: Slyscribe

Word of the Day: Dhimmitude

Had never heard the word until now---Type it into Google and start reading Pretty interesting. Note that Muslims and certain other religions are exempt from the Obamacare penalties, and it is supported by law. We are surrendering from within! The prez is leading us right down the path to total control!

6 posted on 06/14/2010 11:41:10 AM PDT by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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To: Foolsgold

Where can we find the list of exempt religions?


7 posted on 06/14/2010 11:50:20 AM PDT by naturalborn
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To: Slyscribe

Whatever happened to equal protection of the law? Are there any reasons, other than political payoffs, for giving unions better deals?


8 posted on 06/14/2010 11:54:48 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Forty years of electing leftist fools to Congress have culminated in Nancy Pelosi.)
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To: RockinRight

My grandfather could whip their grandfather any day of the week. };>)


9 posted on 06/14/2010 11:55:58 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Forty years of electing leftist fools to Congress have culminated in Nancy Pelosi.)
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To: popdonnelly
Are there any reasons, other than political payoffs, for giving unions better deals?

the Big Labor Bailout Scheme http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/nounionbailouts1.html

10 posted on 06/14/2010 11:56:04 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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To: Slyscribe

This doesn’t surprise me that he would protect the union thugs

but
the site you linked won’t open up


11 posted on 06/14/2010 12:00:55 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: RockinRight

If their grandfather was in a union and yours wasn’t then I’d say they would agree with you.


12 posted on 06/14/2010 12:14:47 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (WHO ARE YOU??? WHO ARE YOU??? Bob Etheridge (D-North Carolina))
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