Posted on 04/11/2011 6:30:08 AM PDT by mikelets456
The budget deal reached Friday would affect two initiatives contained in last year's health-care law that were bitterly opposed by businesses, killing one outright and slashing funding for the other.
The agreement would eliminate a provision of the health-care law enabling low-income workers to opt out of employer-offered health insurance and shop for more affordable coverage on insurance exchanges to be created in 2014, according to congressional aides and business groups.
Under the provision, employers would have had to help pay for the insurance purchased on the exchange. Ending the program would save the government $4 billion over 10 years, but it wouldn't result in any immediate spending cuts because it isn't set to begin for three years.
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This one is sure to send the lefties out screaming bloody murder (though I suspect the first point is moot...in 2014 most employers are widely expected to be dropping their health plans anyway if this thing stands)
The Obamacare law was judged unconstitutional. We will not stop until the entire bill is repealed. We will not accept any form of nationalized healthcare. Reforms to healthcare must be done in the private sector.
These look like improvements to Obama-care which can go both ways politically: if you make it better then Obama looks better, but congressional Republicans 'look' responsible.
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