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TheKentuckian

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9. We can report till Doomsday

Reply to libodem (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 09:46 PM

Jan 2013

That is baked into the cake. Employer based coverage is a fiasco and the cartel is a predatory monster.

I think most of the real point was to make sure affluent suburbanites escaped the worst excesses of the cartel and to make sure systemic reform was held off for at least a generation.

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Is this even legal?? Healthcare [View all] OccupyManny Jan 2013 OP

Walmart does this as a matter of corporate policy.... peacebird Jan 2013 #1

That is an abuse of the system libodem Jan 2013 #2

We can report till Doomsday TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #9

So SailorMike Jan 2013 #14

I think it has to do with Obamacare -- but I've not been too clear on it. If figure if it's gateley Jan 2013 #3

Probably very legal Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #4

Yes its legal. Travis_0004 Jan 2013 #5

It's totally legal and was happening long before the Affordable Care Act dballance Jan 2013 #6

Yes, the 30 hours is the bright line under healthcare reform Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #7

30 hours has been the magic turning point for insurance magical thyme Jan 2013 #8

Legal and demonstrates just how massively shitty our health care system is. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #10

Probably legal. nt dairydog91 Jan 2013 #11

Employers are using the healthcare law as an excuse. MiniMe Jan 2013 #12

Start looking for another job. Hopefully she'll find a union job. rgbecker Jan 2013 #13

Hmm... Orrex Jan 2013 #15

I'm down for single payer OccupyManny Jan 2013 #16

Yes. SOP in Work Camp America. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #17