Posted on 12/10/2013 3:44:55 AM PST by njslim
Volunteer fire departments all across the U.S. could find themselves out of money and unable to operate unless Congress or the Obama Administration exempts them from the Affordable Care Act. 'I thought the kinks were worked out of Obamacare at the first of the month, Central Florida volunteer firefighter Carl Fabrizi told Sunshine State News. 'Man, oh, man, this could potentially destroy some real good companies in Florida.' The U.S. Department of Labor takes the term 'volunteer' literally, but the IRS says volunteer firefighters are technically employees if they're on the job more than 30 hours per week, making them subject to Obamacare's employee-mandate rules.
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And there you have it. The true nut of why. Those volunteers are doing work that could be held (for ransom) by union workers. This is why the left opposes Chain Gangs, and other forms of community service by the incarcerated.
After my first reaction that this is insane—
What if the volunteer has health insurance already, either self purchased or through his job? I’ll bet that many of the volunteers have a job (with coverage). They are responsible citizens, as evidenced by their actions.
Why would the fire dept have to provide him additional coverage?
(There may be some retired or unemployed or part-time volunteers, of course. I suggest limiting them to 29 hours, but they probably enjoy spending more time volunteering than that.)
And along those lines, what happens to someone with more than one job? Are all his employeers required to provide health ins?
One aspect of the bo-care is that the mandate is individual, enforced at tax payment time. One taxpayer, one health coverage.
So this is about socialist/union/etc. control. No logic.
YUP!
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