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Doctor_J

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12. there are rules, but they have been waived (for one year)

Reply to Laelth (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:59 PM

Jul 2013

Disaster coming November 2014

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Obamacare penalties spawn 'skinny' plans [View all] Freddie Stubbs Jul 2013 OP

Another shoe drops. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #1

What could possibly go wrong? Hydra Jul 2013 #2

Big monied companies...hammer...chisel... SoapBox Jul 2013 #3

If it's in Politico it must be true, huh? tularetom Jul 2013 #4

Some employees don't want christx30 Jul 2013 #11

Unfortunately it is true... matthews Jul 2013 #15

Feds provide 'skinny' option to employees too. elleng Jul 2013 #5

Obama won't enforce the mandate on large companies. loudsue Jul 2013 #6

+1 n/t NealK Jul 2013 #18

Couldn't the employees EC Jul 2013 #7

Yes, and doing so will raise the rates of said company's skinny plan due to the shrinking pool. tridim Jul 2013 #8

I'm in the same boat as you... penultimate Jul 2013 #27

Obamacare is such a fraud. Only thing he cares about is protecting the 1%. forestpath Jul 2013 #9

No and No. tridim Jul 2013 #17

Most of us will be better off with it than without it penultimate Jul 2013 #30

Really? Laelth Jul 2013 #10

there are rules, but they have been waived (for one year) Doctor_J Jul 2013 #12

I was aware that the employer coverage requirement was waived for a year. Laelth Jul 2013 #14

What? progressoid Jul 2013 #13

ROFL! SoapBox Jul 2013 #16

This has been a trend for years anyway. Lasher Jul 2013 #19

Keep your employees on part time status so you don't have to pay the employer portion of payroll tax progree Jul 2013 #20

You're right, I don't know what the hell I was thinking. Lasher Jul 2013 #26

State minimume coverage. penndragon69 Jul 2013 #21

Health insurance =/= healthcare. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #22

There's plenty of posters on DU that "don't get it" either n/t Fumesucker Jul 2013 #25

I'm sorry we're not rich enough. Fearless Jul 2013 #23

Yes, the ACA that we got area51 Jul 2013 #24

leave it to ERISA Industry Committee to exploit any loopholes they can to screw workers. Sunlei Jul 2013 #28

If there was only a way people could of seen this coming... Safetykitten Jul 2013 #29

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