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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Drops Crusade Against Obamacare
eba.benefitnews.com ^ | JANUARY 14, 2014 | ELLIOT M. KASS

Posted on 01/18/2014 12:11:06 PM PST by Qbert

In a striking about face, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will no longer seek the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, working instead to correct what it sees as its flaws.

It was three years ago this month, during his annual State of American Business address, that the Chamber’s president and CEO, Tom Donahue, labeled the ACA “unworkable” and called for its repeal. During last week’s address he softened his views, calling instead for business-friendly adjustments to the new law.

“The administration is obviously committed to keeping the law in place, so the chamber has been working pragmatically to fix those parts of Obamacare that can be fixed -- while doing everything we can to make regulations and mandates as manageable as possible for businesses,” Donohue said during the speech. “In 2014, we will work to repeal onerous healthcare taxes; repeal, delay or change the employer mandate; and give companies and their employees more flexibility in the choice of health insurance plans.”

Acknowledging that outright repeal of the employer mandate -- already delayed until January 2015 -- is unlikely, the Chamber’s executive director, Katie Mahoney indicated that the group might be satisfied with some modifications. Specifically, the Chamber wants a change to the law’s definition of full-time employees from those working 30 hours a week to those working 40 hours or more. Under the ACA, large employers with 50 or more full-time employees must provide them with health coverage starting next year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; abortion; aca; bho44; cap; capdonorlist; chamberofamnesty; chamberofcommerce; deathpanels; obamacare; podesta; sellouts; tomdonahue; zerocare
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The good ol' Chamber. When they're not out fighting for illegal aliens to replace American workers, they're out surrendering on Obamacare...
1 posted on 01/18/2014 12:11:06 PM PST by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Just expecting president Robbing Hood to steal from the people and give it to them.


2 posted on 01/18/2014 12:14:49 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Qbert

Rabbi Eisenberg says, “Oy! The holocaust! Who knows if it’s bad? Maybe a little flawed. So fix it already!”


3 posted on 01/18/2014 12:15:00 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
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To: Qbert

THey have not been on a crusade regarding anything but promoting illegal amnesty.


4 posted on 01/18/2014 12:15:35 PM PST by stanne
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To: Qbert

Obamacare has only one flaw: it exists.


5 posted on 01/18/2014 12:15:37 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Qbert
Wonder what pressure was [put on him by the O’ mob.
6 posted on 01/18/2014 12:16:08 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

they were fighting against O care. That was a surprise. They were tacitedly pushing for it, the bums.


7 posted on 01/18/2014 12:16:25 PM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Qbert

Well since it’s worked so well thus far, why not cheer it on, right?


8 posted on 01/18/2014 12:18:22 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Qbert

OK, correct its flaws. 99% of it is flaws :-)


9 posted on 01/18/2014 12:22:42 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Maybe if it put the Nazis into the concentration camps instead?

Seriously. I’m saddened but not too surprised at this pussyfooting. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evils.


10 posted on 01/18/2014 12:23:49 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: nascarnation

I swear, the Chamber of “Commerce” has now moved further to the left and is more anti-free market than a lot of Democrats...


11 posted on 01/18/2014 12:24:36 PM PST by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Qbert
Bribed? Intimidated? Or both?



America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

12 posted on 01/18/2014 12:25:30 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: Mouton

They now join the ranks with AARP in the battle to repeal.


13 posted on 01/18/2014 12:26:55 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Qbert

Rats seeking for any port in a storm.

Of course “business friendly” isn’t the worst touchstone, if the businesses are not so shortsighted they can’t see beyond the end of their noses.

Anyone complaining about it for any reason, is better than the status quo.


14 posted on 01/18/2014 12:27:35 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Qbert

Once again, it is for money.
It is for power over the people.
It is for a work force to be cheap and plentiful.
It it is for the few from the many.

Once people on the right and the left realize that we are being lied to and must band together and fight these azzclowns or we will Parrish as once free people.


15 posted on 01/18/2014 12:27:50 PM PST by luv2ndamend (Same party, different letter)
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To: C210N

AARP is run by young whippersnappers. These elders are getting a raw deal.


16 posted on 01/18/2014 12:28:19 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: luv2ndamend

And it is to hose their customer base but good!

Talk about exercises in killing the golden goose.


17 posted on 01/18/2014 12:29:03 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Qbert

Big business is betting that the Democrat tide is not reversible and is trying to purchase some level of immunity.
Look at the donors to the Podesta / Lizzie Warren far left outfit CAP, shocking:

Corporate Supporters in Alphabetical Order (2013)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
The Albright Stonebridge Group
American Beverage Association
American Iron and Steel Institute
America’s Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP
Anglo American
Apple Inc.
AT&T
Bank of America
Blackstone
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Blue Engine Message & Media
Blue Shield of California*
BMW of North America
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Citigroup
The Coca-Cola Company
Comcast NBCUniversal
Covanta Energy
CVS Caremark Inc.
Daimler
DeVry Education Group
Dewey Square Group
Discovery
DISH Network
Downey McGrath Group, Inc.
DRS Technologies
Eli Lilly and Company
Facebook
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
GE
Genworth Financial
The Glover Park Group LLC
Goldman Sachs
Google*
Health Care Service Corporation
The Ickes and Enright Group
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
McLarty Associates
Microsoft Corporation
Monitor Deloitte
Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA*
MyWireless.Org
Northrop Grumman
Pearson
PepsiCo
PG&E Corporation
Quest Diagnostics
Samsung Electronics America
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, or TECRO
Tata Group of Companies
Time Warner Inc.
T-Mobile
Toyota Motor North America
Visa Inc.
Walmart
Wells Fargo


18 posted on 01/18/2014 12:29:15 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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>> Acknowledging that outright repeal of the employer mandate — already delayed until January 2015 -

Delayed? Congress modified the law?

More like weak-minded people capitulated to Obama’s exhortations to violate law.

The Executive does not have the power to modify law.


19 posted on 01/18/2014 12:29:55 PM PST by Ray76
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Chamber of Commerce SUPPORTS OBAMACARE

Take money from them...you also support ObamaCare


20 posted on 01/18/2014 12:31:17 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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