But waitamoment - Obamacare was supposed to improve healthcare
I wonder if the unions are waking up to the fact that Obama is not their friend.
Sure, they have been very politically active, helping him get elected and they certainly have put a lot of worker money into his campaign chest but now they wind up getting treated like this.
From the
Wall Street Journal:
Union Drops Health Coverage for Workers� Children
One of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York is dropping coverage for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants, union officials said. The union blamed financial problems it said were caused by the state�s health department and new national health-insurance requirements.
The fund is administered by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. Union officials said the state compelled the fund to start buying coverage from a third party, which increased premiums by 60%. State health officials denied forcing the union fund to make the switch, saying the fund had been struggling financially even before the switch to third-party coverage.
The fund informed its members late last month that their dependents will no longer be covered as of Jan. 1, 2011. Currently about 6,000 children are covered by the benefit fund, some until age 23.
How about a nice round of: "I told you so"
Even more sweet that it is a branch of SEIU
Posted by DaveH at November 29, 2010 9:37 PM