From the Las Vegas Sun: The Nevada State AFL-CIO passed a resolution slamming Obamacare today.
The union claims certain provisions of the law would destroy union health plans, making the usual staunch allies of President Barack Obama just the latest Las Vegas union to publicly condemn the health care law.
Unions had originally backed the law but have grown increasingly skeptical of what union leaders like D Taylor, head of UNITE Here and former head of Las Vegas’ Culinary Local 226, called the law’s “perverse incentives” that potentially could shutter union Taft-Hartley health plans and leave workers without good health insurance.
Union leaders are concerned with a provision of the law that call for the provision of health insurance for people who work more than 30-hours per week, meaning workers’ hours could be cut so that employers don’t have to provide health insurance.
“The unintended consequences of the ACA will lead to the destruction of the 40 hour work week, higher taxes and force union members onto more costly plans,” the resolution reads. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/21/nevada-afl-cio-condemns-obamacare/
And here is Senile/Coward/Liar Harry Reid had this to say:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a feel-good presentation for the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce today in a question-and-answer session with chamber Chairman Jay Barrett
Here’s a summary of the questions and Reid’s answers:
What’s in store for health care in the future?
We’re a great nation and can’t have upwards of 40 million to 50 million people with no way to go to a hospital or see a doctor. Throughout our history, we’ve had presidents wrestle with how to provide better health care. Obamacare is anything but socialized medicine. It’s more about access to insurance — and a lot of people didn’t like that. What we’re trying to do is enable everybody to have the same health insurance as I have. But the problem we’ve had is that insurance companies spend more on themselves than they do on patients, and we’ve spent 70 years trying to find a solution. Is it a perfect bill? Of course not. But it’s a good one. If there are things we can change, we’ll make it better. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/21/reid-obamacare-isnt-perfect-its-good-yucca-mountai/
Seriously, does anybody out there deny Senile Reid is really senile?
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