Health Care Thoughts: Law of Unintended Consequences

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt

Health Care Thoughts: Law of Unintended Consequences

Unions have been enthusiastic supporters of Obamacare.

But not all unions and not all unions benefits are the same. Unions with lower income members are suddenly discovering the PPACA deal is not so great for everyone.

Lower income workers with union plans will not be eligible for subsidies, and now the unions want to change the rules. Unions lobbied for this early on but were denied by the Obama administration.
(There is no monopoly on self-interest here, some large businesses (think Wal-Mart) will be maneuvering to dump workers into state Medicaid plans.)

Employers with union plans are paying higher premiums as the working class pays for improvement in coverage mandated by PPACA. This can be critical in bid areas such as construction.  Unintended consequences can be quite cruel.