Posted on 10/07/2010 2:45:25 PM PDT by grundle
Close to one million insured workers at McDonald’s, Jack in the Box and 28 other companies will have to wait for a significant bump in insurance coverage that had been promised for next year by the health reform law, CNN reported today.
The companies have been granted a one-year exemption from a new rule requiring them to raise the maximum amount of coverage they offer employees, CNN said citing an unnamed official.
Companies affected by the law were threatening to drop coverage completely or raise employees premiums by as much as 200 percent to comply with the law, CNN said.
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
Has anybody got “the list” of the 30 companies? I can’t find it ... just references to that teachers’ union and MacDonalds ... could somebody post the “list” if they’ve found it?
All animals are equal.
Some animals are more equal bookmark.
Who has the authority to grant exemptions?
Who has the authority to grant exemptions?
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From the little information in the article, apparently an “unnamed official.” Anyone know him? Her? I’d like to be exempted from the laws please.
Below are the 30 entities that received waivers, along with the number of enrollees impacted:
Fowler Packing Co. (39)
Baptist Retirement (127)
BCS Insurance (115,000)
Local 17 Hospitality Benefit Fund (881)
Greater Metropolitan Hotel (1200)
UFT Welfare Fund (351,000)
Aegis (162)
Maritime Association (500)
Aetna (209,423)
UABT (17,347)
Reliance Standard (varies)
QK/DRD (Denny’s) (65)
Guy C. Lee Mfg. (312)
I.U.P.A.T (875)
HealthPort (608)
Jack in the Box (1,130)
Allflex (34)
Transport Workers (107)
Tri-Pak (26)
Cryogenic (19)
Metro Paving Fund (550)
Health Connector (3,544)
Health and Welfare Benefit System (41)
PS-ILA (8)
PMPS-ILA (15)
Maverick County (1)
Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. (326)
GS-ILA (298)
Allied (127)
CIGNA (265,000)
ONE person in Maverick County? The paperwork probably cost more than the amount waived.
Who granted these waivers and by what authority?
Pro'ly either HHS Secretary or that recess-appointed dude. The bill gave Sebelius a boat-load of authority to decide all sorts of things. next step is to look up the donations
Mostly EVIL insurance companies. Who knew?
based on # of employees.
All the big ones on the list are insurance companies! If they can’t find a way to insure their own employees without raising their rates, then who can?
“The Aristocracy of Pull”
I'll assume that's rhetorical. I think the chickens are coming home to roost earlier than Obama would like. He needs to kick this down the road a bit...say December 2012.
lol
nice, this sets us up for 2012, millions will be losing their insurance just as the race is heating up :P
"Denny's" has 65 employees?
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