What’s interesting in the news today?
First up, this should be interesting. How ObamaCare changes employer-provided insurance.
From CBSNews “If you’re one of the 80 percent of Americans who is insured or covered through an employer plan or through Medicare or Medicaid, or the Veterans’ Administration, there is no change for you except for an increase in benefits that everyone receives as a result of the Affordable Care Act,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.
Yet in the years to come, some workers with employer-provided benefits will see their benefits scaled back because of an Obamacare tax. That portion of the law — known as the “Cadillac tax” — isn’t set to take effect until 2018, but it’s already influencing the benefits packages that employers offer.
“Every employer plan since the passage of the health care law has been working to make sure their health care cost trends keep their plans under the ‘Cadillac tax,'” Steve Wojcik of the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit that represents large employers, told CBSNews.com.”
“Yet in the years to come, some workers with employer-provided benefits will see their benefits scaled back because of an Obamacare tax. That portion of the law — known as the “Cadillac tax” — isn’t set to take effect until 2018, but it’s already influencing the benefits packages that employers offer.”
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The White House has given vulnerable Democrats permission to bash ObamaCare if they need to do so to get re-elected, as long as they don’t call for delays. How nice of them… 🙄
Still doesn’t change the fact that they voted for it, so they own it. Nice try though.
From Politico “At the pleading of senior White House officials, Senate Democrats are holding off on demands to delay major aspects of the health care law until the Obama administration has the opportunity to fix the website problems that are thwarting enrollment in the program.
Democratic senators facing reelection have a green light to bash the White House and call for certain legislative fixes. But they’ve been urged by senior administration officials not to insist on delaying the controversial law’s core: The mandate for individuals to purchase insurance coverage or face penalties.”
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has no plans to put legislation on the floor to delay any of the Obamacare deadlines, putting him in line with the White House. But it’s unclear how long Reid can hold off if the administration continues to stumble and pressure grows within his ranks to act in order to protect his fragile Senate majority.”
So as always, politics is what they worry about, not what’s best for the American people. Buncha cowards IMO.
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The House has scheduled the vote for the “Keep Your Healthcare Bill.” 🙂
From TheHill “House Republican leaders announced Wednesday the lower chamber will vote next week on a bill that would allow people to keep their health insurance plan if they like it.
The vote hits at President Obama, who, during the debate over the Affordable Care Act, said people could keep their healthcare plans if they like them. Millions of people, however, have gotten cancellation notices because of ObamaCare’s new standards.
Late Wednesday afternoon, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced via Twitter that the bill would get a vote.”
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This next one however, will not be getting a vote in the House.
From NBCNews “The Senate approved historic legislation Thursday to expand workplace protections for gay, lesbian and transgender Americans. But the bill faces a bleak future in the GOP-led House.”
“The Senate’s approval of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) comes after a failed attempt in 1996, when the bill — championed by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts — failed by a single vote.
Despite the bipartisan vote in the upper chamber, the legislation appears unlikely to get a vote in the House. Republican House Speaker John Boehner opposes the bill, saying through a spokesman this week that it would “increase frivolous litigation and cost American jobs.”
“”The bill is currently not scheduled in the House,” said spokesman Rory Cooper. “I hope Majority Leader Reid soon addresses the dozens of House-passed bills that have been ignored in the Senate that create jobs, improve education and create opportunity while Americans struggle to find a good-paying job.”
Talk about differing priorities huh? One chamber is concerned with jobs and people keeping their healthcare, the other is busy with unnecessary, feel-good legislation. Unnecessary because they already have the same rights and protections as everyone else.
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Wandering Views 
As I have told you before, I have enough gay friends and relatives to hold my own parade. I keep wanting to ask them just HOW have they been discriminated against? Now maybe some of the older ones years ago, but certainly not any of the younger ones.
All this political correctness and legislation is not helping. Now instead of a racist acting like a racist and you know what they are or a bigot or whatever else, they can’t say and do what they would normally say and do. I would rather know up front I am dealing with a racist than watch them be nice to someone while seething on the inside and quietly doing damage. I feel the same way about anyone who doesn’t like gay people. I would rather know up front so I don’t intentionally expose my friends and family to them.
Mr P sometimes accuses me of being a bit racist. He says it is so ingrained in my that I don’t even realize when I am doing it. I don’t think I am. I am an equal opporttunity low tolerance person. I don’t care what color you are if you are stupid and lazy, you are stupid and lazy. I’ve known a few no ‘count, trifling white people too.
In other news I ran into an old friend yesterday. He has sold insurance for 25 years or so. He said he can’t get through the Affordable Care Act program either. He said he is waiting until December and will sit down and read through it again and try to figure it out. Perhaps they should have asked some people who actually work in insurance and healthcare to be part of the process instead of leaving it to a bunch of career leeches, um, I mean politicians?
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Should it be legal to discriminate in hiring against a polygamist?
Should it be legal to discriminate in hiring against someone who has been divorced six times?
Should it be legal to discriminate in hiring against a notorious adulterer?
Should it be legal to discriminate in hiring against a practicing homosexual?
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In 1963, a homosexual could not get a top secret clearance.
Leastwise, not in the Army Map Service.
In 1951, some guys were drummed out of the Air Force for being homosexual.
I saw no need for that. They didn;t bother anyone. But one guy left owing me twenty dollars. That was a lot of money in 1951.
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It is a matter of States Rights. If New York wants to require that 20% of the employees of every business be homosexuals, transvestites or pedophiles, I would not object. I do object to federally mandated perversion.
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My main issue with the gay agenda is the way Christian bakers, caterers, florist, photographers and such will be required to violate their conscience by doing a gay wedding or lose their
business. It is not a matter of discriminating against a person, it is people being forced to offer a product that violates their conscience.
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Meanwhile, the cars endorsed by Al Gore and built with the help of $500,000,000.00 of taxpayers (or Chinese) dollars spontaneously burst into flame. That can’t be good for Global Warming.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/11/07/third-fire-in-tesla-model-s-reported/3465717/
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A friend sent me an email today that was one of those you pass on. I have no idea if this is true. Anyone heard of it?? Here is the beginning –
The word “Dhimmitude” is found in the new health care bill; so what does it mean?
Thought this was interesting and worth passing on.
Obama used it in the health care bill.
Now isn’t this interesting?
It is also included in the health care law.
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