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IADEMO2004

(5,554 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:06 PM Sep 2014

Mostly Positive ACA story hidden in the Omaha World Herald

http://www.livewellnebraska.com/consumer/many-still-not-well-informed-about-health-care-law-poll/article_02b8361b-b0c8-5ca1-ac07-abae589554d4.html
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Back in the "Money" section with the headline "Many still not well-informed about health care law, poll indicates" the following.

Compared with a year ago, employers are worried less about high health care costs under the Affordable Care Act.

“Their worst fears did not come to pass in terms of prices shooting up dramatically,” De La Torre said. “It’s not a drag on their plans for the coming years. There’s a general optimism about the economy.”

Poll results indicated that most employers are no longer citing the federal health care law as an impediment to hiring, with one-third saying they plan to add employees in the next two years despite the law, compared with 20 percent last year.

A year ago, 18 percent of the businesses in the same survey said their top priority was reducing health care costs. In the latest survey, 6 percent named that as their top priority

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The down side employers are not informing employees what is available for them and employers don't know what is there to help them provide health insurance to their employees.

Fox poisoning is my guess
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