Book: Obamacare law designed to unionize 21 million health care workers

The Daily Caller ^ | 8/19/12 | David Martosko

[ruralvoter]

In a book set for publication Tuesday, a politics and government professor at The Citadel claims President Obama’s 2009 health care reform law was, in part, a union-driven effort to organize 21 million health care workers.

In ”Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind,” Mallory Factor describes a December 9, 2008 memo from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare president Dennis Rivera to the Obama-Biden transition team.

That memo outlined a legislative proposal calling for “increasing the capacity of the health care workforce” as part of a larger health care reform initiative.

[MrB]

“unionize” = create involuntary democrat campaign donors.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It was always obvious that they planned to do with health care what they did with education.

[circlecity]

“unionize” = create involuntary democrat campaign donors."

And triple the cost of health care in the process.

[RicocheT]

One more of several hundred reasons to repeal OmamaCare.

[Zathras]

This was a plan which began at least 6 years ago.
SEIU took over United Healthcare East and West.
AARP was told that if they backed Obamacare, United Healthcare would give its members “special deals”
AARP supported Obama in 08

Medicare Advantage was eliminated by Obamacare and replaced by United Healthcare Advantage.

[DAC21]

I'm thinking President Barry O'Bama didn't need to grease the palm much of AARP. Meet the CEO, hey his name is Barry to!

[grumpygresh]

Defintely a trifecta for the Dems

Healthcare costs: up
Productivity: down
Union dues sent to Dem pols: way way up.

A unionized socialized healthcare system will be so unproductive, inacessible and of poor quality that the government will be forced to outlaw private, self pay medicine as in Canada.

[Melas]

This might be the wedge issue I’ve waited for patiently for over 20 years. My wife is avowed liberal medical practitioner. However, she’s rabidly anti-union when it comes to medicine. I can vividly recall her anger when California nurses went on strike.

[fhayek]

How anyone could imagine that unionizing anything would bring down the costs of doing business. Unions exist to get more pay for doing less work.

[TurboZamboni]

Combine TSA with SEIU and lower the cost of pelvic and
prostate exams for all!