Dozens of Widows Dropped from Health Care Due to Obamacare in Alabama

[CaseyJones]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...ma_786961.html

Over two dozen widows in Alabama were dropped from their health care plans due to Obamacare, WHNT reports:

"More than two dozen widows who were married to retired Madison county employees, lost their health insurance coverage earlier this year. And now one commissioner says it's time to give it back to them. The change was sparked by the new federal health care law, but whether or not coverage can actually be restored really isn't clear," said the anchor.

Says the reporter, "Madison county commissioner Roger Jones says no one realized just how much the new federal health care law would change things, especially for the spouses of some of his former employees."

[Lucille]

I know I'm shocked that they only want to fix it for the widows of public sector workers. Everyone else in the county can just suck it up. Our public masters sure do know how to take care of their own.

"Madison county commissioner Roger Jones says no one realized just how much the new federal health care law would change things, especially for the spouses of some of his former employees."

No one, eh?

[mrsat_98]

There goes Grandma under the bus.

[Henry Rogue]

I know I'm shocked that they only want to fix it for the widows of public sector workers. Everyone else in the county can just suck it up. Our public masters sure do know how to take care of their own.



No one, eh?

This^^^ Self funded usually means, employer pays into union health fund. Which means overpriced coverage payed by the taxpayers. Not only does it put the burden on the taxpayers, overpaying ultimately drives up the cost for all medical care and health insurance.

[Lucille]

This^^^ Self funded usually means, employer pays into union health fund. Which means overpriced coverage payed by the taxpayers. Not only does it put the burden on the taxpayers, overpaying ultimately drives up the cost for all medical care and health insurance.

Indeed it does.

Health Benefits Cost 40 Percent More for Government Workers than for Private Workers
http://blog.independent.org/2014/01/...ivate-workers/

A less-accessible report, published by United Benefit Advisors for its clients, tells a disturbing tale. Last year, public-sector health benefits cost $8,551 per employee, while private-sector coverage cost only $6,040.
[...]
When people complain about the cost of private coverage, they likely don’t know that many of the guilty parties are government employees (including the ones who would be involved in a so-called “single payer,” government monopoly, health system).
[...]
The reports do not publish the number of public-sector workers versus private-sector workers. If they did, simple arithmetic would likely show that the rapid increase in health spending over the decades is largely explained by growth in public-sector health benefits, not private-sector ones.

[Henry Rogue]

Indeed it does.

Health Benefits Cost 40 Percent More for Government Workers than for Private Workers
http://blog.independent.org/2014/01/...ivate-workers/

This was what all the trouble in Wisconsin was about. Governor Walker removed the public union monopoly on health coverage. As a side note, I bet those public union members can't opt out of the union health fund. Doubtful they would want to. Private sector trade unions don't let their members opt out. If members don't have enough hours in a quarter, they loose coverage or have to pay in. For those who can get coverage under a spouse, would be double insured once the their union coverage kicks in again.