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By Christine Rouselle
Labor unions initially were some of the largest voices in
support of Obamacare, but now like the rest of the country, their support is
waning. UNITE HERE, a labor union with over 300,000 members, released a new report on Friday critical of
Obamacare, saying that the law is actually harmful to workers and increases
inequality.
The
report, titled “The Irony of ObamaCare: Making Inequality Worse,” claims that
the law has had a slew of “unintended consequences” that hurt American workers.
Outlining
the implications of Obamacare, the report predicts that employers will continue
to cut workers’ hours in order to avoid providing mandated coverage for full
time employees. Moreover, it observes, “if employers follow the incentives in
the law, they will push families onto the exchanges to buy coverage. This will
force low-wage service industry employees to spend $2.00, $3.00 or even $5.00
an hour of their pay to buy similar coverage.” Perhaps of greatest concern to
UNITE HERE, the ACA threatens to ‘strangle’ competition and place union-created
health care plans into a “death spiral” because participants in those plans,
i.e. the union’s members, will not receive subsidies as many who buy coverage
through the health exchanges will.
UNITE HERE is not the only union who has backpedaled on their
support of Obamacare. Other unions have expressed displeasure with
the botched rollout and the disastrous effects the law has had on workers.
It’s
a sad truth how people are realizing far too late how damaging this law is.
Source: www.townhall.com
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