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What was that Pelosi said when the ACA "passed" (was forced on us)? "JOBS JOBS
JOBS!"
She left out "will be flushed away".
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Local Governments Reeling Under ObamaCare Costs
By JOHN MERLINE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted 08:05 AM ET
When Regal Entertainment Group (RGC) in April blamed ObamaCare for the fact that
it was cutting some of its workers' hours, backers of the law mounted a furious
backlash against the theater chain, among other things filling its Facebook page
with boycott threats.
"Greed and selfishness make me sick," one of them said.
Yet while private companies are getting all this unwelcome and hostile
attention, local governments across the country have been quietly doing exactly
the same thing cutting part-time hours specifically so they can skirt
ObamaCare's costly employer mandate, while complaining about the law in some of
the harshest terms anyone has uttered in public.
The result is that part-time government workers many of them low-income face
pay cuts that can top $3,000 a year, and yet will still be left without
employer-provided benefits.
Here is just a small sampling of local news reports about what local government
officials are saying about ObamaCare, and the steps they're taking to avoid or
minimize its costs.
Phillipsburg, Kan.: "School administrators here say they are alarmed and
confounded by the looming new costs they face with the implementation of the
Affordable Care Act," according to the Kaiser Health Institute News Service.
Chris Hipp, director of a Kansas special education cooperative, warned that
ObamaCare's costs "could put us all out of business or change significantly how
we do business," adding that "we are not built to pay full health benefits for
noncertified folks who work a little more than 1,000 hours a year."
Dearborn, Mich.: "If we had to provide health care and other benefits to all of
our employees, the burden on the city would be tremendous," said Mayor John
O'Reilly, explaining why the city is cutting its more than 700 part-time and
seasonal workers down to 28 hours a week. "The city is like any private or
public employer having to adjust to changes in the law."
Indiana: "What I'm seeing across the state is school districts, unfortunately,
having to reduce the hours that they are having some of their folks work,
primarily so they don't have to worry about the (ObamaCare) penalties, or they
don't have to provide them health insurance, which would be very, very costly,"
said Dennis Costerison, executive director of the Indiana Association of School
Business Officials. Ft. Wayne Community Schools, for example, are cutting yours
for nearly three-quarters of its part-time aides.
Local Governments Cut Part-Time Hours To Avoid ObamaCare Mandate - Investors.com
JOBS!"
She left out "will be flushed away".
=====================================
Local Governments Reeling Under ObamaCare Costs
By JOHN MERLINE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted 08:05 AM ET
When Regal Entertainment Group (RGC) in April blamed ObamaCare for the fact that
it was cutting some of its workers' hours, backers of the law mounted a furious
backlash against the theater chain, among other things filling its Facebook page
with boycott threats.
"Greed and selfishness make me sick," one of them said.
Yet while private companies are getting all this unwelcome and hostile
attention, local governments across the country have been quietly doing exactly
the same thing cutting part-time hours specifically so they can skirt
ObamaCare's costly employer mandate, while complaining about the law in some of
the harshest terms anyone has uttered in public.
The result is that part-time government workers many of them low-income face
pay cuts that can top $3,000 a year, and yet will still be left without
employer-provided benefits.
Here is just a small sampling of local news reports about what local government
officials are saying about ObamaCare, and the steps they're taking to avoid or
minimize its costs.
Phillipsburg, Kan.: "School administrators here say they are alarmed and
confounded by the looming new costs they face with the implementation of the
Affordable Care Act," according to the Kaiser Health Institute News Service.
Chris Hipp, director of a Kansas special education cooperative, warned that
ObamaCare's costs "could put us all out of business or change significantly how
we do business," adding that "we are not built to pay full health benefits for
noncertified folks who work a little more than 1,000 hours a year."
Dearborn, Mich.: "If we had to provide health care and other benefits to all of
our employees, the burden on the city would be tremendous," said Mayor John
O'Reilly, explaining why the city is cutting its more than 700 part-time and
seasonal workers down to 28 hours a week. "The city is like any private or
public employer having to adjust to changes in the law."
Indiana: "What I'm seeing across the state is school districts, unfortunately,
having to reduce the hours that they are having some of their folks work,
primarily so they don't have to worry about the (ObamaCare) penalties, or they
don't have to provide them health insurance, which would be very, very costly,"
said Dennis Costerison, executive director of the Indiana Association of School
Business Officials. Ft. Wayne Community Schools, for example, are cutting yours
for nearly three-quarters of its part-time aides.
Local Governments Cut Part-Time Hours To Avoid ObamaCare Mandate - Investors.com
