Monday, December 3, 2012

Tell Me that Part About ACA Solving Access Issues Again.

Eli,

The Huffington Post reports Wal-Mart will respond to the incentives created by the ACA by reducing employee hours to less than 30 hours per week. Under ACA, it will not have to offer health insurance. Instead, workers will be subsidized by you and me.

Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, plans to begin denying health insurance to newly hired employees who work fewer than 30 hours a week, according to a copy of the company’s policy obtained by The Huffington Post.

I suppose you could say this is a positive feature of ACA in that it picks up insurance coverage. But it's a pretzel logic that can come to the conclusion lowering worker's hours so they receive fewer benefits from employers is a good thing since they'll now be rescued by the government.

Employees of Wal-Mart, Welcome to your liberal paradise!

Bill





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