Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said, “Obamacare has been wonderful for America.” It’s a gotcha quote that’s sure to be a mainstay for political ads in 2014.
However, three union leaders do not think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is anywhere close to being “wonderful.” James Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, Joseph Hansen, head of the UFCW, and Donald Taylor, head of UNITE-HERE sent a letter to both Reid and House Democratic Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) last week demanding that Congress make changes to the law, or else it “will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class”:
Time is running out: Congress wrote this law; we voted for you. We have a problem; you need to fix it. The unintended consequences of the ACA are severe. Perverse incentives are already creating nightmare scenarios:
http://www.freeenterprise.com/health-care/buyers-remorse-union-leaders-demand-changes-obamacare?utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sitewide_feed&utm_source=0
However, three union leaders do not think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is anywhere close to being “wonderful.” James Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, Joseph Hansen, head of the UFCW, and Donald Taylor, head of UNITE-HERE sent a letter to both Reid and House Democratic Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) last week demanding that Congress make changes to the law, or else it “will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class”:
Time is running out: Congress wrote this law; we voted for you. We have a problem; you need to fix it. The unintended consequences of the ACA are severe. Perverse incentives are already creating nightmare scenarios:
http://www.freeenterprise.com/health-care/buyers-remorse-union-leaders-demand-changes-obamacare?utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sitewide_feed&utm_source=0
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