DUmmy gets arse bitten by Obamacare.

[JohnnyReb]

DUmmies have their balls caught in a bear trap....I can't wait to see their pain when they finally reach the end of the chain.

[wasp69]

xmas74 (24,834 posts)

Anyone else working for a company that is changing employment status?

Last edited Sun Sep 29, 2013, 03:43 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I just received a letter last week from our corporate office stating that, due to ACA, they will be reevaluating employment status for their employees and that many will be downgraded, especially those who work in schools. In other words, they are taking many of us who were full time and downgrading us to part time, in order to save on benefits.

The insurance isn't a problem since I'll probably qualify for any assistance with the open marketplace. What pisses me off is that I used to have vacation time and sick time, along with life insurance, stock options and a 401K as a full time employee but that will all be gone.

This is bullshit and they know it.

Decoy of Fenris (865 posts)
6. Same thing here. 8000+ employees.

About 70-80% of our workforce has been knocked down to part-time, and all part-timers just had our insurance obliterated completely. The letter from the company insists that we just go on the government coverage, and gave us tips on where to go to find a good 401k program.

Never mind that maybe 3/4ths of our workforce is over 50, or that the vast majority of them rely on the insurance to live.

prairierose (1,781 posts)
17. This happened to me and several hundred...

colleagues at the beginning of the summer our hours and in my case, 25% of my income, were cut. Then last week, they officially notified us that we would not be eligible for health care benefits.

[wasp69]

DUmmies have their balls caught in a bear trap....I can't wait to see their pain when they finally reach the end of the chain.

I personally hope every damned one of them starve and die in the dark.  For the rest of us that got screwed, we need to start figuring out how to support one another and bear each other up to make sure the "gimme dat" crowd suffers the most.

[DumbAss Tanker]

DUmmies have their balls caught in a bear trap....I can't wait to see their pain when they finally reach the end of the chain.

+1, also what Wasp said. 

They can't possibly suffer as much from this as they deserve, since not even Obamacare involves a protracted death by intentional torture (Just negligent death, and not necessarily a protracted one, either), but every tearful tantrum of a DUmmy is a tiny payment toward what they owe, and therefore a good and cheerful thing.

[JohnnyReb]

I personally hope every damned one of them starve and die in the dark.  For the rest of us that got screwed, we need to start figuring out how to support one another and bear each other up to make sure the "gimme dat" crowd suffers the most.

Only those to fat or to lazy to get out of mom's basement will die that way....the rest will be shot while looting...SWL.

....and be careful when you take your shot, don't damage the big screen TV or bust the beer.

[Carl]

What's infuriating is when obama or jay carney stand up there and say "there is no evidence linking the increase in part-time work to obamacare."   This is the kind of shit that makes people snap. 

Just look at the lengths all of Os propaganda arms in the media are going to try to make people think this is all great.

[Chris_]

Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to 'Free Health Care'

 

[jukin]

"this is a big ****ing deal"
Joe "Choo-Choo" Biden

IMHO, the cACA Obama HellCare train wreck is why Reid and Obama are forcing the government to shutdown. Anything to take the public's eye of this disaster.

[JohnnyReb]

Just look at the lengths all of Os propaganda arms in the media are going to try to make people think this is all great.

Every time I changed channels yesterday, some news person was saying something along the lines of, "When it comes to Obamacare, If you have Medicare, Medicaid or insurance come Tuesday you don't have to do anything."....and they were at it again this morning. Getting to where a fellow can't even channel surf without MSM shoving Obama in your face.

Can't you just hear Joe Biden saying, "Do nothing....do nothing."

[RWKindaGuy]

If they think losing hours and company insurance is bad, wait until they try to get an appointment at one of Dr. Obama's clinics.

The interesting thing about all this is the hype I'm hearing on left-wing radio and tv about Obummercare.  They talk about the lower pricing, but say nothing about the shrinking to almost nonexistent care networks, or the extremely high deductibles for these plans.

So, bottom line, care will be restricted and much more expensive even with the "lower" premiums.  I say let them implement this POS and the folks will soon figure out just how horrendous it actually is.  All the lemmings who said it was great will be clamoring to repeal it within a few months.

[Gina]

That's the bad part - more than happy to laugh at DUmmies who are being faced with the outcome of their stupidity, but there's plenty of good man and women who didn't vote for this but will still be screwed over by it.

Yeh, I am a bit too gunshy to laugh about all the screwing over.  I am waiting to be screwed over BIG TIME. I don't want to be screwed harder by karma. Maybe they can't start a petition to have Obama remove it. Why hasn't a petition been started at WH?

[Wineslob]

The DUmmies are really not going to like this. I've been on (still am) very high deductible "Affordable Hellcare" for the past 3-4 years. Just wait till they see a $6000 per person/ $12000 family deductible, and still pay out $300 a month.

[Dori]

So, bottom line, care will be restricted and much more expensive even with the "lower" premiums.  I say let them implement this POS and the folks will soon figure out just how horrendous it actually is.  All the lemmings who said it was great will be clamoring to repeal it within a few months.

I've tried reading about the exchanges and it is confusing.  According to my state's website, they explain the four plans' "out of pocket" expense as a co-pay.  Bronze has a 40% co-pay, silver 30%, gold 20% and platinum 10%.  The lower the co pay is, the more it costs. Supposedly your out of pocket costs don't apply once you reach a maximum amount according to age, income. But didn't Obama just postpone or remove the caps on out of pocket expenses?

[jukin]

The DUmmies are really not going to like this. I've been on (still am) very high deductible "Affordable Hellcare" for the past 3-4 years. Just wait till they see a $6000 per person/ $12000 family deductible, and still pay out $300 a month.

One point that the media and the evil democrat party (BIRM) never mentioned was that 85% of Americans were satisfied or happy with their health care. When Obama's cACA HellCare fully kicks in that number will be around 5%.  A complete inversion. The layoffs, part time hours, the new taxes, and the long wait times for limited treatment options will be even more hated.

The only way to make the people have fair outcomes is to make everyone equally miserable. That is just a fact Jack.

[AllosaursRus]

I love the smell of dummie desperation in the morning.  Won't matter though... at the end of the day they are dummies and they will vote for their masters once again in the next election.

In our local liberal daily rag, there are numerous articles about how obumbles care is soooooo greeeeaaaat!!! That tells me right there that this is an abortion in the making.

The bad thing is most dem voters do not pay anything for their healthcare so they don't care. The ones the GOP need to reach is the 20 somethings that are, or want to be, employed. If the GOP would do that, they could get those voters. Unfortunately I don't think it will matter in the end. Way too many welfare folks now.  

I really hope I am dead when America implodes.

I sincerely hope the shit hits the fan while I can still defend my country from these bastards. I fear the next generation won't have the ability or the want, to do so.

Sad, ain't it? I know I can count on my family, all the way down to my grandchildren, but they are the exception to the rule. The left is doin' a helluva job indoctrinatin' our children. It's criminal, but we no longer have a voice, save a few brave souls in DC.

We're ****ed unless men/women like us take a stand.

[Karin]

The cheerleaders and paid shills are all out in force on the political message boards today.  They NEVER mention the co-pays and deductibles.  If you mention it in your reply, they either don't answer, or come back with "you get a subsidy, retard."   You may or may not get a little help, of course, it's impossible to know.  They always make it sound free and on-demand.  If I ask about the family glitch, they either don't answer or blame it on republicans not fixing it.  

A lot of people are going to be in for a very rude surprise.  

I gotta go read that link that Chris left up there.

^^ Edit:  Wow. 

And another thing:  That "less than the cost of your cellphone bill" bullshit enfuriates me.  You're on the hook for $10,000 before insurance kicks in?  Who the hell has that kind of money in the real world? 

[RobJohnson]

What if the family interested in coverage does not have a computer? There is a phone number,  but the phone numbers are online! Greta was drilling some guy on her show Monday night the same question, he said the best way was the internet but you should be able to find someone in real life to point you in the right direction. (ie: church, social program, etc) He kept saying ".gov".

There is one problem in Nevada that is being repeated over in over in the media. The state exchange web page is only available in English.  The state is having to have the entire information published in Spanish, not translated but started from scratch, so there are not any translation issues. I wonder how much that is costing?

 

[jtyangel]

What if the family interested in coverage does not have a computer? There is a phone number,  but the phone numbers are online! Greta was drilling some guy on her show Monday night the same question, he said the best way was the internet but you should be able to find someone in real life to point you in the right direction. (ie: church, social program, etc) He kept saying ".gov".

There is one problem in Nevada that is being repeated over in over in the media. The state exchange web page is only available in English.  The state is having to have the entire information published in Spanish, not translated but started from scratch, so there are not any translation issues. I wonder how much that is costing?

The irony in this is that putting this online when many lower income folks may not have access is not discriminatory but asking for someone to provide an id to vote is. Just laughable and if the low information types would unstick their heads out of their collective asses they might actually start having a little ahah moment themselves.

[Karin]

You know, that's an excellent point.  I know all kinds of people who do not have internet.  Really.  Out in the boonies, there is no Time Warner Cable.  Satellite is a pain in the ass.  So, they just live normally like people used to do.

The dimbulbs in Washington cannot fathom that people don't live and think exactly like them.  Double-Income-No-Kids, plus high tech gadgetry plus elite snobism.  This is how the family glitch happened.  What's a stay at home mother?

[Ptarmigan]

You DUmmies are such crybabies and constant complainers.

[AllosaursRus]

You know, that's an excellent point.  I know all kinds of people who do not have internet.  Really.  Out in the boonies, there is no Time Warner Cable.  Satellite is a pain in the ass.  So, they just live normally like people used to do.

The dimbulbs in Washington cannot fathom that people don't live and think exactly like them.  Double-Income-No-Kids, plus high tech gadgetry plus elite snobism.  This is how the family glitch happened.  What's a stay at home mother?

That's an understatement! Not only that, but it's damned expensive! I had it for 11 years on the ranch. 80 bucks a month and limited to how much you can download. If ya go over they slow ya down to 56k modem speed.

[RWKindaGuy]

I've tried reading about the exchanges and it is confusing.  According to my state's website, they explain the four plans' "out of pocket" expense as a co-pay.  Bronze has a 40% co-pay, silver 30%, gold 20% and platinum 10%.  The lower the co pay is, the more it costs. Supposedly your out of pocket costs don't apply once you reach a maximum amount according to age, income. But didn't Obama just postpone or remove the caps on out of pocket expenses?

The cap (as I understand it) applies to the total paid out by the insurance company.  So, a company can longer say we've paid out 500,000 - 1,000,000 dollars so good bye coverage.

[RobJohnson]

Why pay for insurance? Pay the fine and if you get sick sign up for coverage. Pre-existing is now covered. People are going to wait until they get sick to buy insurance and that is going to drive up the cost even quicker. 

[Dori]

I heard that the fines for not having Obamacare is going to skyrocket in 2016.

[Karin]

Make sure you have no tax refund coming back.  This is what happens when a law is shoved down Americans' throats when they don't want it.  They get inventive and figure out ways to get around it.  It has ever been thus, starting with the original Tea party.  Look at prohibition.   I read an article in WS about certain ways that people will learn to cheat, if they just talk to people in similar circumstances.