Unions make up 40 percent of employees exempted from Obamacare

Washington Examiner ^ | 1/27/11 | David Freddoso

[Nachum]

Yesterday, the Deparment of Health and Human Services announced it had granted more than 500 new waivers to Obamacare's requirement that health plans have annual limits of no less than $750,000. This annual limit requirement climbs to $1.25 million next year and then to $2 million. The reason these exemptions from the law are needed is that Obamacare forces all health insurance consumers to over-insure themselves and pay high premiums as a result. Without the waivers, many companies, non-profits and unions would simply drop their health plans.

[Tzimisce]

Are these the same unions that PUSHED for Obamacare?

NO GOODS!!!!!

[King Moonracer]

Does the waiver also apply to “golden” health plans, where the premiums blow past $15k a year? I thought that was a dirty little secret of the unions too, that they have premium plans.

[GailA]

Naturally pay back for their votes.

[crosshairs]

If its not good enough for the unions and politicians , why the heck is Obamacare good enough for the rest of us?

There. Fixed it.

[CPT Clay]

Elle Bee bump

[Elle Bee]

it's better than card check

now they have a chip to negotiate recognition directly with the employers

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[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

Does the waiver also apply to “golden” health plans...?

I assumed that is exactly what the waivers are about (in the case of union waivers). Say a union worker gets a Cadillac plan that is worth $27,000 a year. Under Obamacare, he will be required to pay a "premium" tax on a certain part of that. Union members are up in arms, so, voila, the unions are exempted from taxing their golden plans.