{"id":3985,"date":"2010-12-09T13:58:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2010-12-09T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T18:58:43","slug":"unions-pushed-obamacare-now-opting-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=3985","title":{"rendered":"Unions Pushed ObamaCare, Now Opting Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unions were among the big proponents of the health care &#8216;reform&#8217; bill that the Democrats passed in a &#8216;unipartisan&#8217; manner.&#160; Now, some of those unions are opt-ing out of it.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/laborunionreport\/2010\/12\/07\/waivers-double-to-222-as-more-unions-opt-out-of-obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nearly 50 unions<\/a> at this point have decided that this &#8216;reform&#8217; is just not for them.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>And some of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/jamie-dupree-washington-insider\/2010\/12\/07\/more-health-waivers\/\" target=\"_blank\">the country&#8217;s larger companies<\/a>, covering over 1.5 million people, are opting out as well; Waffle House, McDonald&#8217;s, Universal Orlando theme park, Ingles supermarkets, Cracker Barrel, DISH Network, Aetna and Jack in the Box, not to mention the health care companies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/ociio\/regulations\/approved_applications_for_waiver.html\" target=\"_blank\">on the list<\/a>.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Now, it&#8217;s reasonable to understand that not every company is going to save money with this &#8216;reform&#8217;.&#160; To which I say, that&#8217;s the reason a one-size-fits-all solution, doesn&#8217;t.&#160; And can&#8217;t.&#160; And shouldn&#8217;t be forced on anyone who doesn&#8217;t have the clout to opt-out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unions were among the big proponents of the health care &#8216;reform&#8217; bill that the Democrats passed in a &#8216;unipartisan&#8217; manner.&#160; Now, some of those unions are opt-ing out of it.&#160; Nearly 50 unions at this point have decided that this &#8216;reform&#8217; is just not for them.&#160; And some of the country&#8217;s larger companies, covering over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18,275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-government","category-healthcare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unions were among the big proponents of the health care &#039;reform&#039; bill that the Democrats passed in a &#039;unipartisan&#039; manner. 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