Because ObamaCare is nothing more than a wealth redistribution policy that forces the productive to pay for the non-productives' Cadillac health plans (which include birth control), costs are about to explode. As a result, employers are desperate to cut the burden of their health care costs, which is why our economy is hardly creating any full-time jobs, and the part-time employees at Trader Joe's just lost their health insurance benefits:
After extending health care coverage to
many of its part-time employees for years, Trader Joe's has told workers
who log fewer than 30 hours a week that they will need to find
insurance on the Obamacare exchanges next year, according to a
confidential memo from the grocer's chief executive.
In the memo to staff dated Aug. 30,
Trader Joe's CEO Dan Bane said the company will cut part-timers a check
for $500 in January and help guide them toward finding a new plan under
the Affordable Care Act. The company will continue to offer health
coverage to workers who carry 30 hours or more on average. …
A current Trader Joe's worker described
the coverage she'll likely lose as "one of the best parts about the
job." (The employee requested anonymity since she isn't authorized to
speak to the media.) She said she pays only $35 per paycheck, or $70 per
month, for a plan that generally covers 80 percent of her medical
costs, carries a reasonable $500 deductible and includes prescription
drug coverage.
"There are several folks I work with who
are there for the insurance as much as anything, mostly folks with young
families," she said. "I can say that when I opened and read the letter
yesterday my reaction was pure panic, followed quickly by anger."
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