The day after, you will not get an job offer. You may be told that the existing, insured employees have voted not to employ you, for fear of their insurance premiums increasing.
Posted on 11/29/2014 10:30:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration's challenge to certain "workplace wellness" programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according to people familiar with the matter.
Major U.S. corporations have broadly supported President Barack Obama's healthcare reform despite concerns over several of its elements, largely because it included provisions encouraging the wellness programs.
The programs aim to control healthcare costs by reducing smoking, obesity, hypertension and other risk factors that can lead to expensive illnesses. A bipartisan provision in the 2010 healthcare reform law allows employers to reward workers who participate and penalize those who don't.
But recent lawsuits filed by the administration's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), challenging the programs at Honeywell International and two smaller companies, have thrown the future of that part of Obamacare into doubt.
The lawsuits infuriated some large employers so much that they are considering aligning themselves with Obama's opponents, according to people familiar with the executives' thinking.
"The fact that the EEOC sued is shocking to our members," said Maria Ghazal, vice-president and counsel at the Business Roundtable, a group of chief executives of more than 200 large U.S. corporations. "They don't understand why a plan in compliance with the ACA (Affordable Care Act) is the target of a lawsuit," she said. "This is a major issue to our members."
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The employees should take care of business before the shareholders get a chance at them. Not just the CEO.
I think it was like Benghazi - every group was told a different tailor made lie - just for them...
You're wrong. Corporations are people, with feelings 'n whatnot.
The day after, you will not get an job offer. You may be told that the existing, insured employees have voted not to employ you, for fear of their insurance premiums increasing.
It’s for your own good, really.
In Obozo’s world EVERYONE is a mark.
Thus illustrating that "businessmen" are among the most ignorant of the whole community. Did you stupid Babbits really believe the regime would not turn on you? Pathetic.
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