Obamacare is the perfect name for it because “Affordable Care Act” is an oxymoron, it’s not making health care more affordable, it’s driving up costs.  Once again Obama, using all of his knowledge and wisdom gleaned from his vast experience as a community organizer, has destroyed a flawed but workable health care system. His name should be all over this monstrosity along with the other libs in Washington who shoved it down our throats.

Sad thing is, congress and theirs staffs have exempted themselves from it, how convenient. Maybe they should ask a UPS or Forever 21 employee what they think of the new law. Oh, that’s right, they don’t care, does not effect them.

UPS is dropping spouses insurance coverage due to Obamacare.

Rising medical costs, “combined with the costs associated with the Affordable Care Act, have made it increasingly difficult to continue providing the same level of health care benefits to our employees at an affordable cost,” UPS said in a memo to employees. According to Kaiser, UPS told white-collar workers two months ago that 15,000 working spouses eligible for coverage by their own employers would be excluded from the UPS plan in 2014.

* Congress, staff, to keep federal health premium payments

* Ruling aimed at avoiding “brain drain” on Capitol Hill (Adds comments from Republicans, Pelosi, edits)

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Congress has won some partial relief for lawmakers and their staffs from the “Obamacare” health reforms that it passed and subjected itself to three years ago.

In a ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers and their staffs will continue to receive a federal contribution toward the health insurance that they must purchase through soon-to-open exchanges created by President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.

The decision by the Office of Personnel Management, with Obama’s blessing, will prevent the largely unintended loss of healthcare benefits for 535 members of the Senate and House of Representatives and thousands of Capitol Hill staff.

When Congress passed the health reform law known as Obamacare in 2010, an amendment required that lawmakers and their staff members purchase health insurance through the online exchanges that the law created. They would lose generous coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

 

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