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mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Nov 17, 2012 4:37:57 PM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse Put all companies here.

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I75at7AM Champion Author Dayton Posts:66,946 Points:2,461,145 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2013 8:05:10 AM Ignore I75at7AM Report Abuse "...we pay for much more expensive care later on...." Only cuz you say so. I say don't pay, let people handle their own health and health care, or not.
worryfree Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:24,022 Points:1,893,165 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2013 3:03:33 PM Ignore worryfree Report Abuse 175-IF WE DON 'T PAY FOR MORE COST EFFECTIVE CARE UP FRONT WE PAY FOR MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE CARE LATER ON-ER'S AND ADVANCED DISEASE STATES. whoops on the caps
wbacon Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:13,550 Points:3,010,860 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2013 4:56:52 AM Ignore wbacon Report Abuse GOOD NEWS!
I75at7AM Champion Author Dayton Posts:66,946 Points:2,461,145 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2013 12:48:14 AM Ignore I75at7AM Report Abuse What you are pointing out, worryfree, is that the burden of paying out much more than you receive in actual benefits (typical in all types of insurance) should fall upon the younger, healthier population. These are the young adults, possibly not employed yet, but also not running up much in health care costs. If you look at the nation as a whole, we have almost half the people receiving a check from a government agency already. These people are thinking the the new health care regime is going to somehow carry them along. They live under the Entitlement Mentality. For the nation as a whole, the numbers don't work. You can't have less than 50% of the people paying the freight for all 100% to get great health care. Even the "poorer" segments of society are going to have to pay "their fair share" and that means the actual percentage of health care resources that they use.
worryfree Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:24,022 Points:1,893,165 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2013 12:32:20 AM Ignore worryfree Report Abuse ACA works if most companies and people opt in. If many don't it won't work well. But I guess that is the goal of the no people.
I75at7AM Champion Author Dayton Posts:66,946 Points:2,461,145 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Jun 15, 2013 10:47:12 PM Ignore I75at7AM Report Abuse So, Maria, are you channeling this? Was This New WalMart Hiring Policy Created With ObamaCare In Mind? A spokesman says no. See other thread about businesses having a difficult time finding suitable employees. The store I am at hires people all the time, many never show up, some goo through training and then quit, others get started but don't last very long.
mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 10:59:55 AM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse hahahah...I75 great minds think the same.
mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 10:58:44 AM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse Dozens of lawmakers and their aides are so afraid..... that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.
I75at7AM Champion Author Dayton Posts:66,946 Points:2,461,145 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 10:52:37 AM Ignore I75at7AM Report Abuse Do you consider "Congress" a "company", now that members are fleeing in advance of the onset of ObamaCare? This is just too rich. "Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting. The fear: Government-subsidized premiums will disappear at the end of the year under a provision in the health care law that nudges aides and lawmakers onto the government health care exchanges, which could make their benefits exorbitantly expensive." Oh, Boo Hoo !!!!! Oh, and don't say "we told you so" because we did! [Edited by: I75at7AM at 6/13/2013 10:55:28 AM EST]
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2013 4:07:18 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Escaping ObamaCare 6-11-13 opinion "In a memo urging support for the carveout, Freelancers Union claims ObamaCare will cost its members $38 million a year, translating to per-person premium hikes of $178 a month. It also complains the new federal law will force redesign of “our most popular and innovative plans.” The political irony is thick enough to cut with a knife: One of New York’s leading Democrats is seeking to spare a successful small-group insurance plan from the devastating impact of President Obama’s “affordable” health law. By extension, of course, that law is just as devastating for the numerous other small-group plans in New York (and across the country) — plans that won’t rate special treatment once ObamaCare takes full effect next year. You can’t blame Freelancers Union for trying to get the best deal for itself. But thousands of small businesses in New York, and across the country, deserve the same opportunity. Silver and Hannon should expand their bill to cover all associations, allowing them to escape ObamaCare’s most onerous provisions and giving them the freedom to design their own innovative plans, tailored to their employees’ needs."
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Jun 11, 2013 4:33:47 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Healthcare law making tough decisions for employers 6-4-13 "But, 30 hours is the threshold that if a worker exceeds under the new law, the employer must provide health insurance; and in the Vigo County School Corporation that includes: education aides, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and others. Here's where the problem begins. If the school corporation pays for all those workers, it could cost between six and eight million dollars extra per year. That is a sum of money that could bankrupt them in just a few years. So what is the solution? Well the school corporation will be cutting those workers hours to make sure they stay under 30. "Our superintendent and our board did not want these individuals to be hurt, financially so we are still paying them if they work an eight hour day,” Vigo County School Corp. Human Resources Director Mick Newport said. “We are still paying them for eight hours, but they only have to work six hours." "
Grizdad Champion Author San Bernardino Posts:5,687 Points:806,230 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Jun 5, 2013 5:02:17 AM Ignore Grizdad Report Abuse I have been looking to purchase health care next year when I retire. I am taken back by the cost. I suggest you do some shopping and see what it will cost you each month for your family. Affordable Health Care... Not!
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Jun 2, 2013 8:38:03 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse ObamaCare may force Mishawaka schools to cut workers' hours 5-29-13
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2013 3:43:59 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Other companies besides Hobby Lobby challenging health law’s contraception mandate 5-23-13 "Reproductive rights groups argue businesses shouldn’t be able to use religious beliefs to mandate what type of health care their employees receive. The dispute over the contraception coverage mandate is expected to end up in the U.S. Supreme Court."
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:12,146 Points:1,226,590 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: May 24, 2013 8:37:41 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse transparency is now showing it's ugly head to bho's union buddies
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: May 24, 2013 3:11:30 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Court to hear case on whether Obamacare violates religious liberties 5-23-13 “By any means of law and common sense, the Greens and Hobby Lobby are severely burdened by the government’s draconian regulation, and they may seek redress under our Constitution and laws,” the lawyers said. Hobby Lobby is an arts and crafts retail company with more than 500 stores in 40 states. The Green family also owns Mardel, Inc., which runs 35 Christian-themed book stores employing 372 workers. The bookstore business is also a plaintiff in the suit. The case is Hobby Lobby Stores v. Sebelius (12-6294).
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: May 18, 2013 2:26:13 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Ohio Air Reservoir Manufacturing Company Sues HHS Over Mandate 5-2-13 "Johnson Welded Products, Inc. of Urbana filed their complaint on Tuesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. "Plaintiffs seek a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining the challenged mandate and a declaration that the mandate violates federal constitutional and statutory law," reads the suit in part."
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 24, 2013 4:57:41 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Lancaster County School District outsourcing workers to avoid penalties under Affordable Care Act 4-23-13 "Upcoming mandates in Obamacare has prompted a Lancaster County School District to oursource around 100 of its staff to a private company. The approved plan is expected to save the district from potential fines, while guaranteeing furloughed teachers a safety net. Superintendent Bob Hollister says, “There was a frustration because we need those people and weren’t able to use them as often as we needed them.” Here’s why-Under the Affordable Care Act, the district could face annual fines up to $600,000 for not providing health care to part time workers who exceed working 30 hours a week. But Hollister says it’s a decision that’s proving to be positive for both the district and the outsourced workers. Hollister says, “The district is going to be safeguarded and avoid potential loses while employees are literally going to see more dollars in their paychecks and pockets and with an option to buy into services they can’t now.”
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 21, 2013 5:36:15 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Obamacare complicates hiring of bus drivers 4-16-13 "Getting drivers behind the steering wheel of a bus has always been a run around for the city of the Durango. There is a lot of turnover for a job with pay starting at just under $15 an hour and topping out about $20 an hour, officials said. “A lot of (drivers) are retired from other careers,” said Roy Petersen, the city’s director of operations. “They (only want to) drive a few hours to supplement their retirement. That seems to be the market we draw from for employees.” In a twist owing to the law of unintended consequences, staffing problems were recently exacerbated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Employers with 50 or more employees must now provide health insurance for employees who work more than 30 hours a week or else pay a $2,000 tax penalty per employee without health insurance. So as not to get “sideways” on Obamacare requirements, the city now limits part-time workers to 27 hours a week, City Manager Ron LeBlanc said." [Edited by: mweyant at 4/21/2013 5:37:59 AM EST]
HELLRAZOR Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:7,761 Points:1,107,725 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Apr 20, 2013 1:52:03 AM Ignore HELLRAZOR Report Abuse Regal Theaters is the latest.
EZExit Champion Author Phoenix Posts:10,752 Points:1,736,330 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Apr 19, 2013 3:33:39 AM Ignore EZExit Report Abuse Not surprising, Maria... The list of companies that have been blessed by the government and not forced to participate in the onerous ObamaCare© scam used to be posted on the government's CCIIO website, but then in deference to "transparency" must have decided to remove (hide) it. CCIIO= The Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight I am unable at this time to find a current list of donors to the DNC, whoops, I mean the current list of exempted companies and unions, I'll try again when I have more time.
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 19, 2013 2:48:32 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse very telling article, mexicomaria Obamacare at Age Three Still Baffling SMBs 3-22-13 "Online insurance exchange eHealth surveyed 259 small business owners and found that 56 percent had little understanding of Obamacare, which requires businesses with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insurance. The survey also found that 59 percent of small business owners think that health-care costs will go up in the next few years, and one-third say that the employer mandate will affect their plans to hire new employees." Seven companies are profiled.
mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 11:50:21 AM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse I was looking for a list of the companies that the Obama Adm made exempt from Obamacare, to answer Gidzmo question. I came across this most interesting article on companies that were made exempt. Most interesting. HERE is Article You guessed it...cronyism...or give your buddies a break, particularly those who gave you money.
TJP48 Sophomore Author Louisiana Posts:124 Points:87,515 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 7:22:16 AM Ignore TJP48 Report Abuse All i can say about Obamacare is a bad dream, that now the gov't is reading it they cannot complie!
DnzsWithWombats Champion Author Connecticut Posts:8,307 Points:1,299,695 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 6:47:28 AM Ignore DnzsWithWombats Report Abuse Forward!
Tru2psu2 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:14,634 Points:1,580,405 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 6:28:43 AM Ignore Tru2psu2 Report Abuse Keep fighting!
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 5:55:11 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse North Branch Company Sues Feds Over 'Obamacare' Abortion, Contraception Mandate 4-13-13 "What we're talking about is religious freedom," said Chapman.
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2013 7:34:16 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Hobby Lobby Case Against Obamacare Mandate Moves to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals 4-2-13 On March 29, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colo., informed Hobby Lobby that all nine judges would hear the case, instead of the usual three-judge panel. "This is an unusual occurrence," said Duncan, who believes that it's "important for all justices to weigh in now," because their decision will affect the rights of all religious business owners. "The issue is extremely important and merits a full court review."
Gidzmo Veteran Author Los Angeles Posts:489 Points:46,405 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 12, 2013 3:32:23 PM Ignore Gidzmo Report Abuse I heard that Hobby Lobby was going against the mandate. Question: we've got two Catholic-owned hospitals in the area (Little Company of Mary and Daniel Freeman). Are THEY exempt from the mandate?
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 12, 2013 3:22:23 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse UCSF initiates layoffs in wake of whistle-blower report 4-1-13 "UCSF Medical Center began the process of cutting 300 jobs last week through a combination of layoffs, transfers and elimination of currently unfilled positions. . . Officials said the layoffs are necessary to prepare for the onset of health care reform and other challenges."
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 7, 2013 7:15:41 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Obamacare has more companies opting for part-timers 4-1-13 "Another national company says it's reducing the number of hours many of its employees will work, making them part-time staff, thanks to Obamacare. Scheduled to go into effect next year, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected raise health care insurance prices, according to recent studies. As a result, a growing number of American businesses are opting to switch workers to part-time status. AAA Parking, the latest company to react this way to Obamacare, manages more than 200 properties across the U.S. and employs over 1,500 people. AAA recently announced it will move about half of its 500 full-time, hourly employees to part-time status next month in response to the Affordable Care Act."
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2013 12:58:04 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse 13 Attorneys General Urge Exemption for Businesses Under HHS Mandate4-3-13 "A coalition of 13 attorneys general issued a collaborative letter to the Obama administration, urging it to provide exemptions to privately owned businesses under its Department of Health and Human Services' contraception mandate, arguing that it violates religious liberties otherwise. The letter argues that the White House's modifications made to the HHS mandate reward exemptions to religious nonprofits, large faith-based hospitals and universities, but fail to reward exemptions to for-profit business owners who object to the mandate on conscience grounds." [Edited by: mweyant at 4/4/2013 1:00:26 AM EST]
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 1, 2013 10:44:55 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Debate Continues Over Health Care Mandate And Exemptions For Religious Belief 3-31-13 "The debate over federal health care mandates and those who oppose them is heating back up in Ohio after Attorney General Mike DeWine recently sent a letter to the federal government asking that an exemption to the mandate be expanded to include private businesses who object based on religious beliefs. The objections stems from obligations employers have under the Affordable Care Act to provide certain coverage. There is currently already an objection for certain non-profit religious groups. DeWine is asking that exemption be expanded to private businesses." [Edited by: mweyant at 4/1/2013 10:47:51 AM EST]
mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2013 5:32:16 PM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse Deloitte's Survey of Physicians in USA and how they feel about Obamacare.
oilpan4 Champion Author Virginia Posts:12,136 Points:308,040 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2013 11:47:04 AM Ignore oilpan4 Report Abuse Graham Texas is going to hold a vote on ending their hospitals emergency services in june. Source: My good friend who will be jobless if they end emergency services.
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2013 2:24:14 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Grace Cottage Hospital cuts staff, cites Affordable Care Act 2-22-13 "Grace Cottage Hospital, the state’s smallest hospital, announced it is cutting its workforce by 10 percent because of budget pressures brought on partly by the Affordable Care Act. The layoffs, the first at the hospital since 2002 when the hospital closed its nursing home, will affect 15 employees in eight different departments, according to Andrea Seaton, vice president of planning and development."
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 26, 2013 11:04:07 PM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Health-care law uncertainty grips Old Town Alexandria cafe — and other small businesses 3-20-13 "One in eight small-business owners who responded to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business said their health insurance providers had notified them that their plans would be terminated. A study released last week by Adecco, a human resources consulting firm, showed that nearly a third of employers said they stopped hiring or cut their workforce because of the law." This Washington Post article describes the health care situation in several small businesses.
mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2013 4:41:24 PM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse Health Insurers warn on Premiums going up.....at odds with what Obama Adm said.
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2013 5:42:46 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Dominos Pizza Founder Wins Court Order Stopping HHS Abortion Mandate 3-14-13 "The founder of Dominos Pizza won his bid for a court order to prevent enforcement of the mandate while the lawsuit it filed against the Obama administration over the HHS mandate that forces religious employers to purchase drugs that may cause abortions for their employees continues. Tom Monaghan calls requiring businesses, schools and other religious places to pay for such drugs a “gravely immoral” practice and filed suit earlier this month in federal court for Domino’s Farms, a business development complex he owns. Monaghan says he currently offers his employees health insurance that does not pay for abortions or birth control drugs that may cause early abortions and he has asked a judge to strike down the mandate, saying it violates his First Amendment religious rights."
flyboyUT Champion Author Utah Posts:23,169 Points:1,038,420 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2013 5:35:15 PM Ignore flyboyUT Report Abuse Huge Health insurance rate increases on the way - another lie by Obama and his minions! . >>>Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's big health insurers say they expect premiums — or the cost for insurance coverage — to rise from 20 to 100 percent for millions of people due to changes that will occur when key provisions of the Affordable Care Act roll out in January 2014. Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna Inc., one of the nation's largest insurers, calls the price hikes "premium rate shock." "We've done all the math, we've shared it with all the regulators, we've shared it with all the people in Washington that need to see it, and I think it's a big concern," Bertolini said during the company's annual meeting with investors in December. To be sure, there will be no across-the-board rate hikes for everyone, and there's no reliable national data on how many people could see increases. . . Throughout the healthcare debate (and his first campaign), President Obama promised that premiums would fall by an average of $2,500 annually per family. He also pledged that overall healthcare costs would decline, not increase. Wrong, and wrong. There's a reason why Republicans are still fighting like hell to repeal and defund this monstrosity. The Associated Press runs through a few of the reasons behind the looming cost spikes: — Changes to how insurers set premiums according to age and gender could cause some premiums to rise as much as 50 percent, according to America's Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP, an industry trade group that's funded by insurers. — A new tax on premiums could raise prices as much as 2.3 percent in 2014 and more in subsequent years, according to a study commissioned by AHIP. Policyholders with plans that end in 2014 probably have already seen an impact from this. — Requirements that insurance plans in many cases cover more health care or pay a greater share of a patient's bill than they do now also could add to premiums, depending on the extent of a person's current coverage, according AHIP. While we're at it, let's address two more shattered promises of Obamacare. (1) Remember "if you like your plan, you can keep it?" The Obama administration has announced it's taking an even bigger meat cleaver to the popular Medicare Advantage program than first anticipated. Democrats attack the Republican budget for "cutting Medicare on the backs of seniors" because the proposal includes a bipartisan reform plan for future seniors. Democrats have already sliced $716 billion from Medicare to pay for Obamacare, and they're about to slash the popular Medicare Advantage for millions of current seniors. (2) In spite of the president's "not a single dime" deficit pledge, the nonpartisan GAO estimates that Obamacare will add $6.2 trillion to our long term deficits.<<< Another string of lies that Obama and Pelosi and the rest said to lull the sheep to sleep so they could pass it before you saw what was in it.
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2013 3:42:10 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse 50th lawsuit filed against abortion mandate 3-13-13 "A Southern Baptist business owner whose ancestors fled England four centuries ago to escape religious persecution has filed suit against the Obama administration's abortion/contraceptive mandate, bringing to 50 the number of lawsuits against the controversial policy. "This is a case about religious freedom," the 48-page complaint reads. The Thomas More Law Center filed the suit Tuesday (March 12) on behalf of Thomas R. Beckwith, the CEO of Beckwith Electric Co. in Largo, Fla. Beckwith is a descendant of the Beckwiths, who in 1626 "endured the hardships of the lengthy and storm-ridden voyage" across the Atlantic Ocean -- via a 40-foot ship called the "Sparrow Hawk" -- to "escape religious persecution from England," the complaint says. His ancestors also fought in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary War. The mandate was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services in August 2011 and went into effect one year later. It forces businesses to pay for employee insurance plans that cover contraceptives and abortion-causing drugs. The latter often are called "emergency contraceptives" and come under brand names such as Plan B and ella."
mexicomaria Champion Author Minnesota Posts:24,287 Points:1,382,670 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Mar 13, 2013 6:22:03 PM Ignore mexicomaria Report Abuse The Real Tragedy Of ObamaCare Has Yet To Be Felt By The Poor....they will be the ones who suffer most. Article Here.
reb4 Champion Author Chicago Posts:19,361 Points:1,849,825 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Mar 13, 2013 5:46:24 PM Ignore reb4 Report Abuse Five Guys' franchisee attacks Obamacare 3-12-2013 "The owner of 8 North Carolina outlets says health care will cost him a store's worth of profits. The growing burger chain -- which counts the president as a fan -- has distanced itself from that complaint." "president's new health care law is forcing him to put plans for new stores on hold and may result in higher prices for burgers. Mike Ruffer, a former Marriott (MAR +0.50%) executive who owns eight Five Guys restaurants in the Raleigh-Durham area, told attendees of a seminar dedicated to the new health care law and hosted by the Heritage Foundation that all the profits from one of his eight outlets would have to be dedicated to health care and that “any added costs are going to have to be passed on." [Edited by: reb4 at 3/13/2013 5:49:26 PM EST]
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 13, 2013 5:37:45 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Westminster Theological Seminary Joins Texas Universities' Suit Against HHS 3-12-13 "A seminary in Pennsylvania has filed a motion to intervene on behalf of two Texas universities suing the Department of Health and Human Services over their "Preventive Services" mandate. Westminster Theological Seminary of Glenside filed the motion Friday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division. "Westminster claims an interest in the transaction that is the subject of this action. Westminster is a graduate level theological seminary which adheres to the historic Reformed understanding of the Christian faith," reads the motion in part. "As such, it is resolutely opposed, on biblical and First Amendment grounds, to the federal agencies' mandate being challenged here that requires it to provide its employees health insurance coverage for, and thereby encourage its employees to use, abortifacient drugs." "
wbacon Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:13,550 Points:3,010,860 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2013 4:34:10 PM Ignore wbacon Report Abuse good news!
MahopacJack Champion Author New York Posts:8,077 Points:1,604,500 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2013 8:39:48 AM Ignore MahopacJack Report Abuse teacher tim >>EVERYONE should be fighting it. When fully implemented, premiums will go up 203% for young people. NOT the legacy we should be leaving them.<< *** How true. They're already facing huge payments for the absurd debt from the vote stealing "Progressive Policies". Their real choice is limited to facing outrageous inflation as the government allows the printing of more currency or a substantial decrease in their standard of living. Obama's solution to the high cost of health was to make it even more expensive ands less available.
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,898 Points:749,380 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2013 6:29:15 AM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse EVERYONE should be fightingit. When fully implemented, premiums will go up 203% for young people. NOT the legacy we should be leaving them.
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2013 3:37:00 AM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Obama’s new Interior Secretary nominee received Obamacare waiver for her company 2-7-13 "President Barack Obama’s newly-named nominee to run the Department of the Interior, REI CEO Sally Jewell, sought and received a waiver from ObamaCare requirements for her outdoor clothing and equipment company in 2011. REI received an Obamacare waiver around the same time that nearly 20 percent of the businesses in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Northern California district received waivers." [Edited by: mweyant at 3/8/2013 3:39:38 AM EST]
michaelphoenix2 All-Star Author Tucson Posts:808 Points:10,780 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2013 8:38:53 PM Ignore michaelphoenix2 Report Abuse Time to swap to single payer
mweyant Champion Author Maryland Posts:5,678 Points:1,010,165 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2013 8:33:42 PM Ignore mweyant Report Abuse Fed: Obama's health law leading to layoffs 3-6-13 "The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released an edition of its so-called "beige book," that said the 2010 healthcare law is being cited as a reason for layoffs and a slowdown in hiring. "Employers in several Districts cited the unknown effects of the Affordable Care Act as reasons for planned layoffs and reluctance to hire more staff," said the March 6 beige book, which examines economic conditions across various Federal Reserve districts across the country. That line was found in a section of the Fed's report on employment, wages and prices. That same section also said the Atlanta district noted that healthcare regulations are so burdensome there is a shortage of compliance specialists."