My new "benefits" for 2013 just kicked in, and I might as well take a shit on my insurance card...it's basically worthless. No matter who you want to blame the result is the same: Working people who were doing just fine in the old system, are suddenly facing tough times and tough choices because of this new law.
I said several years ago that I was willing to give this new idea a chance and see if it worked. I realize it's not implemented fully yet and we won't know for years if it's had a net benefit in the macro or not. So i guess the jury is still out. But early on, in the micro, if fucking blows goats...at least for me. On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:36 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > You say that knowing nothing about their profit margins and overhead at > all. > On Jan 8, 2013 1:17 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > At least they can be honest and blame greed. Time to boycott wendys... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:01 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Moving towards paying our fair share > > > > > > Damn. This paying your fair share is going to be brutal on the service > > industry and unskilled workers: > > > > Fast-Food Worker Hours Cut, New Health Care Law Blamed ( > > > > > http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Fast-Food-Worker-Hours-Cut---185827392.ht > > ml > > ) > > > > A fast-food chain is slashing employee hours so franchise owners don't > have > > to pay health benefits. Around 100 local Wendy's workers have learned > their > > hours are being cut. A spokesperson says a new health care law is to > blame. > > > > The company has announced that all non-management positions will have > their > > hours reduced to 28 a week. Gary Burdette, Vice President of Operations > for > > the local franchise, says the cuts are coming because the new Affordable > > Health Care Act requires employers to offer health insurance to employees > > working 32-38 hours a week. Under the current law they are not considered > > full time and that as a small business owner, he can't afford to stay in > > operation and pay for everyone's health insurance. > > > > Burdette says the decision affects around 100 employees. It was a tough > one > > and he understands why people are upset, but the hour reduction is > > effective > > in two weeks for all non-management. Management employees will continue > to > > have benefits as they are officially full time. > > > > Of course, the ultimate smack on the poor souls: The are required to > have > > health insurance. With their reduced hours, the smaller amount of take > > home > > pay will have to pay for insurance, whose premiums are steadily moving > up. > > > > J > > > > - > > > > My commitment is to make sure that we've got universal healthcare for all > > Americans by the end of my first term as president. I would hope that we > > could set up a system that allows those who can't go through their > employer > > to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. But I don't > think > > we're going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. > There's > > going to be potentially some transition process. I can envision a decade > > out, or 15 years out, or 20 years out. - Barack Obama > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
