Posted on 03/25/2010 10:25:48 AM PDT by pabianice
Just announced on Fox. One of the first "benefits" of Obamacare is news that companies with large populations of retirees that now have health insurance through their former employees will, instead, be dumped and forced onto Medicaid and Medicare. The resulting fines for the companies will be far less than continuing to pay for retirees' medical care. It's all allegedly legal under ObamaCare.
I’ve have never understood why a business would pay for retiree’s healthcare.
As I understand it, there was a tax subsidy in the Medicare prescription drug plan that we an incentive for companies to keep people on their plan when they retire as opposed to dumping them off on Medicare. This tax incentive was done away with in Obamacare.
Change you can believe in. Communism at its best. It’s just starting folks, hang on to everything you have. You may need it.
It's also why the Republican Party has been part of the strategy all along. First the GOP implemented a massive Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. Then the Democrats pass an ObamaCare package that: (1) provides financial incentives for companies to eliminate insurance for their current or retired employees, and (2) slashes Medicare coverage for current and future retirees.
The Republicans passed the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan that allows private companies to drop retirees from their insurance rolls and put them on Medicare. Then the Democrats slash the Medicare coverage for these people. Both parties would have taken a ton of sh!t . . . and a lot of political pressure from the opposing party . . . for doing exactly what they've allowed each other to do here.
Seniors get to die to give illegals, slackers, and drug addicts free healthcare.
I think America has had enough of this crap.
But if they like their plan, they get to keep it, right? Obama promised.
Yeah right. This didn't take long, did it?
Which companies?
Un
Freeking
Belevable
So ObamaCare is ACTUALLY carefully designed to destroy health insurance!
That is why the bad part kicks in later.
It is not you I am questioning.
FYI - retirees getting dumped - Obama cut $500 billion from Medicare in ObamaCare - good luck with that. Medicaid is broke.
That’s what Rush was saying Tuesday. He had that lady from Atlanta on the phone and she said her company was thinking of moving to Costa Rica. I guess if any of us want jobs we’ll move with them!
It’s a very steep and slippery slope, in my opinion. If Obamacare stands, private insurers will serve no useful purpose. The goverment will decide who is covered, what everyone pays, and what medical services will be delivered. It’s all one big public option.
Except, of course, for the rich and politically connected, who will be able to purchase quality care for cash.
Gee, I’ll tell my 82 year old mom that she’s a union thug. Thx, Frantzie.
This could be the start of what FINALLY wakes some people up, those who have still been sleeping (= voting Democrat).
...and illegals
“Seniors get to die to give illegals, slackers, and drug addicts free healthcare.”
Bingo! We have a winner!
Next will be seniors and baby boomers retirement savings.
Obama WANTS everyone to lose their private health insurance.
By putting the incentives in place for companies to drop health insurance -- it's cheaper to pay the fine -- and by mandating an 85/15 payout rate for the insurance companies, which will put them out of business, Dear Reader sets up the Government as the final solution.
Future Obama speech:
"It's clear that greedy corporations would rather line their pockets than provide health care for their hard-working employees. And even worse is the rampant greed of insurance corporations who will leave all of their customers without coverage, rather than pay out a larger portion of their amassed wealth to deserving families.
"We must ensure health care for every American, so it is with great honor that I announce government health insurance for everyone..."
You set it up so people will be begging for the "single-payer" option. Obama is showing Chavez how it's done.
Link, please.
you can, if your company is slow to respond to losing money
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