White House Pledges Flexibility on McDonald's Health Plan

WSJ ^ | SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, 9:47 P.M. ET | JANET ADAMY

[STONEWALLS]

The Obama administration said Thursday that its top health official will "exercise her discretion" in enforcing a new health-law requirement, a move that could help McDonald's Corp. and other employers from disrupting their health-care policies for hourly workers.

The announcement Thursday followed a report in The Wall Street Journal that McDonald's warned federal regulators it could drop its health-insurance plan for nearly 30,000 restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the health overhaul. The requirement, known as the minimum medical loss ratio, concerns the percentage of revenue received from premiums that must be spent on benefits.

McDonald's is among the retailers and restaurant chains that offer a "mini-med" limited benefit. Most of these plans don't meet a 2011 requirement that they spend 80% to 85% of premiums on medical benefits instead of overhead expenses.

McDonald's last week sent a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services a memo saying "it would be economically prohibitive for our carrier to continue offering" its "mini-med" limited benefit plan unless it got an exemption from the requirement.

[Oceander]

obama bows to Ronald McDonald

[DBeers]

The Obama administration said Thursday that its top health official will "exercise her discretion" in enforcing a new health-law requirement, a move that could help McDonald's Corp. and other employers from disrupting their health-care policies for hourly workers.

Equality Under The Law?

Think again! We see the tyrant emerge into the light here -one that can only exist when "under the rule of law" is transformed to "under the rule of man"... All hail emperor 0zero? I think not! Death before subservience...

[Carry_Okie]

LOL, what the law says means nothing to these creeps. That they can make it do anything they want is all they were after in the first place.

After all, possessing the latitude for selective treatment is the way to stay in power by extortion and bribery.

Such nice people.

[MissH]

Exactly - this makes me so angry!

[GoCards]

WTH? OMG? Nov. 2 cant come soon enough? Will it help?

[Cboldt]

-- Isn't there some kind of law that will prohibit the small potatoes guy from not getting an exemption when the big potatoes guy gets one? --

Supposedly, the "Equal Protection" clause of the 14th amendment. But Congress passes many many laws that are crafted to favor or disfavor targeted groups and individuals. There is even such a thing as a "private bill," written for an identifiable person or family.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Don’t be surprised if you hear about a big Social Security Number audit of McDonalds employees

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: There's a story in the Wall Street Journal today that's got everybody in a tizzy, and the story is that McDonald's is gonna drop its health care coverage because of Obamacare. Now, McDonald's is issuing a halfhearted denial of this. The White House is issuing a halfhearted denial of this. But that's not the point. The point that this is even a possibility, I mean we're discussing it; the story is out there. McDonald's may drop health care plan because of Obama. Now there are all kinds of denials. This is the United States of America. We have a major American corporation with a story in the Big Media suggesting, because of our president, they may drop their health care coverage. Whether or not the Wall Street Journal got the story right, the fact that McDonald's has to ask the federal government for permission to continue with their health care plan for their employees is the problem. We need to get Obama out of our businesses. We need to get Obama out of our backyards, out of our light sockets, out of the gasoline pump. We need to get him out of the oil business and we need to get him out of our backyards and our lives, primarily. And the first stage of that process occurs on November 2nd. (cont.)



Will McDonald's Drop Health Care Coverage for Hamburger Flippers?

[sjmjax]

I think it’s a seniority thing. They’re both clowns but McDonald is older and has more experience.

[VRWC For Truth]

The federal gov’t won’t be able to build enough jails to house the PRODUCERS who through passive resistance or fleeing are going STARVE the parasites. These unelected bureaucrats have no clue.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks STONEWALLS.

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• The ultimate insurance company cost savings (Let the Patient Die)
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• Repeal Obamacare PAC
• Hidden Real Estate Sales tax in Health care bill -- Surprise!
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[VRWC For Truth]

Tag fix

[ggrrrrr23456]

I'm sorry, but

EFF

"her discretion".

Doesn't this lend credence to the claim of the existence of death panels? Death panels that will send our sick and elderly to an early grave?

Wow. Maybe the chickens really have come home to roost.

[SumProVita]

That same White House pledged we could keep our doctors too.

[Gene Eric]

>> will “exercise her discretion” in enforcing a new health-law requirement,

What the...

[teletech]

If Republicans don’t follow through on either REPEAL or not funding Obamacare, they will suffer more than DemocRATS.

[PGR88]

We are turning into China. A super-regulated society, where nothing is out of control of the state, while big business and Government are the elites and lobby and threaten each-other for money and favors.

[MHGinTN]

And still no one is buildiung the needed guillotines ...

[eyedigress]

The WH is sabotaging the whole thing with that response.

[Uncle Miltie]

Ronald McDonald has 0bammy by the short and curlies!