Posted on 11/29/2014 12:35:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
* Many CEOs are angry with the Obama administration thanks to three new cases challenging parts of his 'wellness program'
* In order to participate in the 'wellness program' and receive a low health care rate under Obamacare, employees must take a physical
* Now it is being argued in three cases that forcing someone to take a physical for work violates the Americans with Disabilities Act
* The CEOs now have a number of ways they can undermine Obama because of this development
Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration's challenge to certain 'workplace wellness' programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according to people familiar with the matter.
Major U.S. corporations have broadly supported President Barack Obama's healthcare reform despite concerns over several of its elements, largely because it included provisions encouraging the wellness programs.
The programs aim to control healthcare costs by reducing smoking, obesity, hypertension and other risk factors that can lead to expensive illnesses.
A bipartisan provision in the 2010 healthcare reform law allows employers to reward workers who participate and penalize those who don't....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
You can be in the hospital for 5 days, and still be considered observation under Obama criteria. The best way to do this is to have someone who has access to the guidelines publish them on the internet. You can then determine what your “symptoms” should be.
Wait-They were for it before they were against it.I’m waiting for the IRS mess when they take everybody’s money because they didn’t sign up.
Don’t blame them.
They didn’t make that decision.
They just approved that decision,
It’s so simple.
And now they stopped beating their wife/partner/whatever?
It will be higher prices, but lower benefits as an offset.
I am waiting for the new york times to publish all the IRS employee home addresses like they did for officer Wilson. And to publish the addresses of all executive officers of US coroprations that supported Zer0care. I am sure some health care options that are entirely detrimental to them can be offered with even worse penalties if they refuse. The zer0care splashback would be so sweet.
“I was reading that some companies put pedometers on their employees, which tracks their activity level. I found out you can cheat these pedometers by attaching them to your dog’s collar.
One of many ways to fight back.”
If I attached a pedometer to my dog, they would think I were dead lol
Was, maybe? That was an awkward sentence
It’ll be interesting to see how many of them get audited by the IRS next year.
Correct.
Maybe these companies can use our help deciding how to make better choices.
And the income tax was only on those in the top 3%....Biz. won’t mind that ‘little’ extra paperwork
Then it was “We’ll allow you to take the benefits off your corp. taxes”.....
Its the worst law since Prohibition, hands down. I wish the GOP would use that slogan.
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