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dballance

(5,756 posts) Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:57 PM Aug 2013

Much to no real surprise: "Employers play Obamacare blame game" [View all]

Shocked I tell you. I'm shocked that employers would use the ACA as an excuse to drop, reduce or limit benefits. Benefits they'd love to drop all together and continue to pay people so little in wages they couldn't afford to buy their own healthcare.

I really hope some investigative journalist or union reps are out there finding out the reality of the situation. Employees don't have time to do research on what their employers tell them so they're left to believe it's the ACA and not robber barons who are dropping their benefits.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/29/news/economy/employers-obamacare-benefits/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Much to no real surprise: "Employers play Obamacare blame game" [View all] dballance Aug 2013 OP

Doesn't the law allow this to happen? Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #1

I'm pretty sure one cannot write a law to prevent employers mis-representing things. dballance Aug 2013 #3

Yes, we accepted the funding for expansion and HBE. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #8

Because the first amendment allows them to lie, nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #5

Think about it. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #2

Well, the reality is some employers have a point leftstreet Aug 2013 #4

I'm not normally one to believe the repukes when they say something, hughee99 Aug 2013 #6

Part time Retail and Fast Food Jobs HockeyMom Aug 2013 #7