Even unions are fighting back against ObamaCare

Posted by Steve Adcock

If you want something laughably ironic, read on: According to the Washington Examiner, even one of Obama’s biggest supporters, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, are starting to fight back against the turmoil that the new ObamaCare legislation is bringing to their, as well as those of many others, workforce.

Believing that the union has been completely ignored in the rush to pass the health care monstrosity last year (and they were, along with hundreds of others), the union is arguing that the law will not only cause their staff significant work and resources to properly conform to the new regulations, but it creates “an unfair bidding advantage for those contractors who do not provide health coverage to their workers, and in the worst case, may cause our members and their families to lose the benefits they currently enjoy as participants in multi-employer health plans.”

I hate to say “I told you so”, but hell, I’ll say it anyway: “I told you so”. Whenever government involves itself in the business of private enterprise, costs NEVER decrease. Despite the name “Affordable Healthcare Act”, the miles-long list of regulations wind up costing companies and workers significant time and money (millions, in many cases) as they scramble to comply with Washington’s feel-gooderies.

But this was no secret. Even a cursory view into history provides ample evidence of this phenomenon. Why would this union – or any other union or business, support such a bill anyway? The fact is they did originally support it (God only knows why). Now that reality has finally set in, they now get to feel what so many others have already felt, and why more and more companies and most clear-thinking individuals are running away from this incomprehensible behemoth.

Regal theaters newest casualty of ObamaCare

Posted by Steve Adcock

Regal Entertainment Group, the company that owns and operates the largest chain of movie theaters in the nation, announced to its workforce that it will be cutting back the hours of thousands of workers in response to the new standards set by ObamaCare and how the new health legislation defines a full time worker.

Due to the increase costs of complying with ObamaCare, the company wrote in a letter to be distributed to those effected, employees will be “scheduled in accord with business needs and in a manner that will not negatively impact our health care budget”. In other words, hours will be cut back to 30 in order to put them under the new threshold established by the federal government that now requires companies to provide health coverage.

Once again, government regulations end up costing the American people. Ironically, ObamaCare actually targets lower-income workers because, as hourly employees, it is this workforce that naturally feels the largest burden of working hour cutbacks. Big government strikes again, and the American people are left shouldering the burden.

Which part of Obamacare do bumper sticker supporters love most?

Posted by Steve Adcock

After the passage of Obama’s War on Health three years ago – otherwise known, laughably, as the “Affordable Care Act” – cute little “I [heart] Obamacare” bumper stickers have floated around communities throughout the United States as a way for people to pledge their support for rising costs of healthcare. But inquiring minds want to know…which part of Obamacare do they love the most?

Do they love the fact that this law is forcing employers to cut the hours of unskilled workers so they fall below the threshold of “full time”, or cutting back on hiring because of the increasing costs of healthcare? Part-time workers have increased by almost 20% in the last three years alone. Coincidence?

Or maybe they love the planned layoffs that the costs associated with these new healthcare regulations are prompting many smaller businesses to consider as they cope with the known – and unknown – burdens of Obamacare?

They may love the fact that the younger and healthier population will be raked over the coals as Obamacare gets fully implemented, losing access to their low cost plans of today in favor of more expensive policies of tomorrow – as reported by the Huffington Post (yes, THAT Huffington Post).

Perhaps they love the wholesale increase in premiums and fees that are associated with Obamacare, like the premium tax now paid by insurers (and passed on to their customers, of course)? Some estimates put the increase in premiums at a whopping 169% and, according to Forbes Magazine, an average of $3,065 per person.

But maybe that’s not it. I bet they love the fact that Obamacare will add another $6.2 trillion to our nation’s deficits over the coming decades, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Closely related, maybe it warms their hearts to know that the true cost of Obamacare is a whopping $233 billion MORE than the government advertised when the legislation was signed into law?

It is possible that lovers of Obamacare enjoy bureaucracy. According to the Associated Press, applying for coverage and benefits under Obamacare is as complex as doing your taxes and requires a 21-page form to be filled out and submitted.

Another possibility is those who support Obamacare find hope in a recent survey that found 60% of U.S. doctors, due to Obamacare, are far less optimistic about the future of medicine and healthcare in the United States.

According to the Wall Street Journal, “The congressional Democrats who crafted the legislation ignored virtually every actuarial principle governing rational insurance pricing”. Do bumper sticker supporters of Obamacare love that part, too?

Now that is true love.

CBO: 7 million to lose health insurance under Obamacare

Posted by Steve Adcock

Article Highlights

Obamacare to cost 7 million people insurance coverage

Businesses struggle to keep up with new regulations

Obamacare to cost taxpayers $1.165 trillion over 10 years

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the costs required to meet the demands of Obamacare will cost 7 million people their insurance coverage as companies struggle to sift through the new law. This was twice the original estimate.

“CBO said that this year’s tax cuts have changed the incentives for businesses and made it less attractive to pay for insurance, meaning fewer will decide to do so,” wrote the Washington Times. ”Instead, they’ll choose to pay a penalty to the government, totaling $13 billion in higher fees over the next decade.”

Over the next 10 years, the new healthcare law will cost the government an estimated $1.165 trillion.

This comes as several governors, who had previously vowed to oppose the new government mandate, caved to federal pressure and promises of money. Ohio governor John Kasich now supports the measure in his state, along with governor Jan Brewer of Arizona. According to Kasich, his reason to now support the law was to avoid “leaving Ohioans’ federal tax dollars on the table and keeps the federal government from simply giving them away to other states.”

Free money.