UPS to drop 15,000 spouses from insurance, cites ObamaCare

[branford]

36. Sue UPS for what?

I'm a civil trial attorney, and I cannot see any causes of action against UPS unless they abrogated the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, which does not appear to be the case in this instance.

Even if courts determined that health care was a constitutionally protected right, it would not necessarily follow that UPS would be required to provide health insurance to the spouses of its employees. Any relief would need to be directed to the government.

The PPACA also does not require that employers provide coverage to spouses of employees, and children are covered until age 26. Additionally, employers need not subsidize the coverage provided to employees, and are even free not to provide any coverage if they are willing to incur the very modest penalty under the law.

If you want things to be different, you must change the law. More importantly, as is evident from the slow and awkward roll-out of the PPACA and Republican obstructionism in Congress, you need to find the funding to pay for your legislative priorities.

As Republicans control the House, and the law is definitely not popular, I am not optimistic.