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University of Virginia Slashes Health Benefits Due to ObamaCare
Breitbart ^ | 08/21/13 | John Nolte

Posted on 08/22/2013 9:22:42 AM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey

Citing ObamaCare as a reason, the the University of Virginia has announced that spouses of University employees who have access to health insurance through their own jobs will no longer be eligible for health insurance coverage.

In its announcement, President Obama's healthcare plan is specifically mentioned by UVa as a reason for the rising costs that forced the university to drop working spouses. ObamaCare is expected to add $7 million to the university's health care costs.

UVa was also a public supporter of ObamaCare:

Working spouse provision: Starting Jan. 1, spouses who have access to coverage through their own employer will no longer be eligible for coverage under U.Va.’s plan. Spouses who do not have coverage elsewhere can remain on the employee’s plan, and coverage of children is not affected. ...

Provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act are projected to add $7.3 million to the cost of the University health plan in 2014 alone. Federal health care reform will create new costs related to the “individual mandate” that requires all Americans to have health care coverage (or pay a penalty).

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aca; academia; affordablecareact; bhohealthcare; democrats; fail; fallout; healthcare; healthinsurance; highereducation; individualmandate; layoffs; liberalfascism; liberalhypocrisy; liberalism; liberalvoters; nodemocrats2014; nowyouknowwhatsinit; obama; obamacare; obamavoters; pelosi; progressives; singlepayer; socializedmedicine; thankademocrat; trainwreck; uva
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Thanks to Obamacare, millions of Americans will lose their health insurance coverage. And this is why democrats wanted it because they think it will lead to single payer/socialized medicine.
1 posted on 08/22/2013 9:22:42 AM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Wow. There goes a big reason for “Gay Marriage” - the queers were trying to get their “spouses” on these Cadillac insurance policies that Universities and others were offering.


2 posted on 08/22/2013 9:25:39 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

To err is human. But to really FUBAR requires government intervention.

FUBO!!


3 posted on 08/22/2013 9:29:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

My mailman said that because my spouse has her own car I can not loger buy the car insurance plan I want

Wow - I can see where it would be cool to have all kind of other people deciding what insurance I need


4 posted on 08/22/2013 9:29:55 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

I don’t know much about this admittedly.

But tell me, doesn’t this mean that these people will have to pay for two insurance policies instead of one?

UPS did this the other day, Delta is threatening to do this, how many others will pass this around?

It would seem that in some case the people whose wives can get insurance from their own employers would perhaps be better off to just quit working. Paying for two costly insurance policies in a family is going to be rough.

This Obamacare BS is starting to get rough.


5 posted on 08/22/2013 9:29:56 AM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Wow! Never thought of that! That’s funny! Another point is the spouse will probably pay a higher premium with a separate insurance carrier. What about the 25 year old kids working part time and living at home? Which parent’s policy will they be on?


6 posted on 08/22/2013 9:30:42 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (When you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

The Affordable Care Act certainly achieved its goal of eliminating affordable care.

They can now claim victory in the War on Affordable Care.


7 posted on 08/22/2013 9:31:11 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Well, he sure is transforming America.

Next, the world.

Oh wait..

Arab Spring uhhh Summer Blisters


8 posted on 08/22/2013 9:31:12 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

I feel sorry for the UVA employees who did not vote for 0bama. Those who did vote for 0bama got what they asked for.


9 posted on 08/22/2013 9:32:17 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

I don’t know much about politics at the University of Virginia, but most of academia happily did their part to put the arrogant racist commie poser in office - twice.

I would be surprised if the majority at this university are any different.

So I say: “Reap what you sowed.”


10 posted on 08/22/2013 9:33:36 AM PDT by Iron Munro (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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It always bother me the Liberal hypocrisy. Whenever they talk about how rich should pay more, ITS ALWAYS MEANS EVERYONE ELSE but themselves


11 posted on 08/22/2013 9:40:13 AM PDT by 4rcane
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It always bother me the Liberal hypocrisy.
Whenever they talk about how rich should pay more, ITS ALWAYS MEANS EVERYONE ELSE but themselves


12 posted on 08/22/2013 9:59:58 AM PDT by Iron Munro (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

I hate Obamacare as much as the other person, but I honestly don’t know what the problem is here. Why should any company provide spousal benefits to someone who has benefits available from another job or source? Microsoft did this several years ago as a cost cutting measure before Obama was even elected. They were paying millions for non-employees who had benefits available at their current job.


13 posted on 08/22/2013 10:05:36 AM PDT by CityCenter (Pleading the 5th is just so 1972.)
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To: zot; Interesting Times

First UPS, now UVA changes the health care it provides to employees due to 0bamacare mandates. As a person pointed out to me, 0bama said “your” i.e. individual, not “your spouses” health care.


14 posted on 08/22/2013 10:07:04 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

This is sweet.

While the density of libs in Charlottesville/Albemarle County isn’t as high as in other areas of the Commonwealth (e.g., Northern Virginia), UVA profs and students are foursquare for Obama. They’re too self-centered to see the irony, though.


15 posted on 08/22/2013 10:26:17 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Refuse; Resist; Rebel; Revolt!)
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To: forgotten man

“I feel sorry for the UVA employees who did not vote for 0bama. “

Both of them.


16 posted on 08/22/2013 10:30:43 AM PDT by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: Arm_Bears

What he said.


17 posted on 08/22/2013 10:32:04 AM PDT by CPONuke
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

“And this is why democrats wanted it because they think it will lead to single payer/socialized medicine. “

The reality is that a large number of liberals are very simplistic in their world view, and were clueless about what it was they were trying to do with health care. To them, the fact that supporting it made them ‘progressive’, and ‘European-like’ was a big draw. I wish it wasn’t that ridiculous, but it actually is.


18 posted on 08/22/2013 10:40:19 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: forgotten man

You mean all 4 of them - forgotten man?


19 posted on 08/22/2013 11:34:16 AM PDT by 429CJ (.wh)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

The University System of Ga just did the same thing. It covers 31 colleges and universities in the state of Ga.

Some more “change”


20 posted on 08/22/2013 11:40:09 AM PDT by wrench
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