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Trump Plans to Undo Obama Rule Letting Unions Skim Dues
The New American ^ | July 12, 2018 | Michael Tennant

Posted on 07/16/2018 6:45:14 AM PDT by KeyLargo

Trump Plans to Undo Obama Rule Letting Unions Skim Dues From Medicaid Payments

The Trump administration is taking steps to prevent labor unions from withholding dues for home healthcare workers from their Medicaid payments, an Obama-era innovation that many observers believe is illegal.

On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed undoing a 2014 rule allowing states to skim public-sector union dues from Medicaid payments to independent home healthcare providers on the theory that those providers are de facto public employees — a privilege that has netted unions anywhere from $71 million (CMS’ estimate) to $200 million (State Policy Network) annually.

“The law provides that Medicaid providers must be paid directly and cannot have part of their payments diverted to third parties outside of a few very specific exceptions,” Tim Hill, acting director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, said in a press release. “This proposed rule is intended to ensure that providers receive their complete payment, and any circumstances in which a state does divert part of a provider’s payment must be clearly allowed under the law.”

Independent home-care workers, who often care for family members with severe, chronic conditions, are eligible for hourly wages and training through Medicaid. While Medicaid shouldn’t exist at all under our Constitution, paying for home care costs taxpayers considerably less than paying for institutional care, so in this sense the home-care subsidy is a bargain.

In recent years, public-sector unions have managed to convince several state governments that home caregivers should be classified as public employees and thus that the state should force them to join unions and have dues withheld from their Medicaid payments. This wasn’t exactly a hard sell given that those governments were controlled by Democrats, who stood to benefit from unions’ swelling coffers.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: biglabor; fundingtheleft; govt; medicaid; obamacare; obamalegacy; unions; winning

1 posted on 07/16/2018 6:45:14 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Not tired of winning yet.


2 posted on 07/16/2018 6:56:28 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.- George Orwell)
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To: KeyLargo

Now... pay it back.


3 posted on 07/16/2018 7:01:44 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: KeyLargo

I remember this from when the rule was enacted. Such a travesty - so glad to see it reversed.


4 posted on 07/16/2018 7:07:58 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Capitalists sign their checks on the front. Socialists sign theirs on the back.)
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To: KeyLargo

Why isn’t the obama administration in prison? (Rhetorical question)


5 posted on 07/16/2018 7:09:34 AM PDT by Vaquero (XDon't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: KeyLargo

What I would really like to see is the complete and total dissolution of all public sector Unions. They are bad for America and bad for the smaller communities they reside in. PragerU has a good video on it today.

https://www.prageru.com/videos/public-union-public-enemy


6 posted on 07/16/2018 7:18:15 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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To: KeyLargo

Stealing from the sick and disabled.....that’s the LEFT


7 posted on 07/16/2018 7:19:59 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing and we lose.)
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To: KeyLargo

Labor unions = democrat party funding extortion racket


8 posted on 07/16/2018 7:24:36 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: lonevoice

Chalk this up as another win for America!


9 posted on 07/16/2018 7:30:15 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: KeyLargo
Not so fast, Mr. President...(just being realistic):


10 posted on 07/16/2018 7:31:37 AM PDT by daler
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To: KeyLargo

Wow, I have to admit that this flew under the radar for me but what a con-job! Wouldn’t Janus have invalidated this type of skimming as well? People who do not opt into public unions cannot have wages withheld for dues for whatever reason.


11 posted on 07/16/2018 7:45:04 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: KeyLargo

To Michael Tennant - please do yourself a favor before making a complete ass of yourself - catch up to the recent ruling of the US Supreme Court ruling on this exact topic. You can send in your corrections and apologies for being so wrong.


12 posted on 07/16/2018 8:27:32 AM PDT by RichyTea (To those offended - take off your blinders)
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To: KeyLargo

This is REAL good. The dems had bared their behinds willingly to the unions, and given them our money in return for big donations and votes.


13 posted on 07/16/2018 8:36:42 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: KeyLargo

I didn’t kniw that it was being done. Thank you for the post.


14 posted on 07/16/2018 9:50:23 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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To: KeyLargo

MAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


15 posted on 07/16/2018 10:22:40 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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