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“300,000 Member Union Drops Bombshell Obamacare Report” entitled "The Irony of ObamaCare: Making Inequality Worse."
“300,000 Member Union Drops Bombshell Obamacare Report” entitled "The Irony of ObamaCare: Making Inequality Worse."
“The 300,000-member union that was the first to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama has released a devastating Obamacare report that says Obama's controversial healthcare program will slash worker wages by up to $5 an hour, reduce worker hours, and exacerbate income inequality.”
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Testimonials from the Union’s report:
“‘I'm a single dad and need every penny for my kids. The best deal Obamacare could offer me would take $1,908 more than our union plan. That's like a dollar an hour pay cut. If I get really sick and wind up in the hospital, they can charge me $3,700 more out of pocket. I can't imagine taking care of my son and daughter while taking a $2.70 an hour pay cut,’ says [Arturo] Marquez.”
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“‘Housekeeping is a tough job--many of us suffer serious injuries doing this work. And Obamacare would cause my husband and I even more pain. The Obamacare website says we would have to pay $8,057.04 a year more to keep the great insurance we have now. That's a $3.87 per hour pay cut. We work hard for our insurance. Why should we have to take a cut in pay for it?’ says [Angela] Portillo.”
“‘The health care crisis hit our workplace hard. We tried three different plans in a three year contract. When the for-profit insurance companies were going through the roof, we switched our union's plan to keep good benefits. But Obamacare will give government money to those plans and not ours. Obamacare would cost me $4,855.20 a year more, or a $2.33 an hour pay cut. That's not right. We just want to be treated like everyone else,’ says [Earl] Baskerville.”
But not to worry, Harry Reid says “all” of the horror stories about Obamacare “are untrue.” Union members Arturo Marquez, Angela Portillo and Earl Baskerville must be in the pay of the Koch brothers and must be lying about Dear Leader’s healthcare law.
