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HHS Secretary Pats Her Back on Providing Healthcare for Early Retirees
HHS News ^ | HHS Press Office

Posted on 10/08/2010 1:07:45 PM PDT by applpie

"Nearly 1,000 additional employers and unions will receive help providing health coverage to early retirees and their families

A total of nearly 3,000 employers and unions has been approved to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to date; applications still being accepted

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced additional employers and unions accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. Nearly 1,000 large and small businesses, State and local governments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and unions have been accepted into the program and will begin to receive reimbursements for their early retirees’ medical claims this fall. The approvals announced today bring the total number of approvals to nearly 3,000 organizations. HHS announced the first round of nearly 2,000 approvals in August."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: healthcare; healthreform; hhs; welfare
Help me out Here. Am I missing something? Why are we forcing seniors to retire later in order to get SS benefits and cutting back their healthcare coverage, while we provide benefits for those who have union, government, or other pension plans and can afford to retire early? Tell me this is not a union gimme.
1 posted on 10/08/2010 1:07:49 PM PDT by applpie
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To: applpie

This is starting to look like the Peron administration in Argentina ... with HHS sec playing Evita. (Whistling: And the money keeps rolling in ...)


2 posted on 10/08/2010 1:11:47 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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To: applpie

YOU IN THE DREADED PRIVATE SECTOR...WORK TILL YOU DIE!!!!
ALL THE HACKS....LIFE OFF WITH PAY AFTER 20 YEARS!!!!


3 posted on 10/08/2010 1:44:43 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

You seem like a likely candidate for the re-education camps!

“Unfortunately, there still is a great deal of confusion about what is in [the reform law] and what isn’t. So, we have a lot of reeducation to do.” __ HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius


4 posted on 10/08/2010 1:58:05 PM PDT by Lorianne (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ___ George Orwell)
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To: applpie

This seems to be just the Obama Administration’s style: a new entitlement that involves unions and requires a special dispensation from...the Obama Administration.


5 posted on 10/08/2010 2:07:01 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: applpie

Because they are GUTTING Medicare by $8.15 TRILLION over the next 20 yrs!

USE THE AMMO the enemy gives you! Print the first article out for those seniors that are not online, email the list, print it, hand it out. Tell folks to go read for themselves. I do, then I tell them that my commie rep Steve Cohen gifted them with the $569 Billion tax hike, and the $8.15 Trillion Medicare gut.

USE THE AMMO THE LEFT GIVES YOU!

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6 posted on 10/08/2010 3:17:28 PM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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