Auto Workers on Obamacare: 'We're
Pissed Off'
by Wynton Hall 30 Dec 2013, 1:33 PM PDT
Most of the 41 workers at Extreme Dodge in
Jackson, Michigan
say Obamacare is exploding their premiums
and destroying health care as they once knew it.
"I feel like I've been taken to the
cleaners," salesman Neal Campbell told NBC News senior investigative
reporter Lisa Myers in a Sunday report. Campbell, who has a wife and three
children, says Obamacare is breeding resentment and anger. "We feel
betrayed, lied to, and we're pissed off."
"How is this helping the average
American that's working 40 to 50 hours per week?" asked salesperson Terry Hardcastle.
"How are we supposed to live?"
Cathy Smith agreed. "You don't make
that much money to begin with," said Smith with tears in her eyes.
"...the prescriptions are going to kill me."
Under Obamacare, the workers' employer
faced a 50% increase in costs to keep worker plans at the same benefit and
deductible levels. To remain economically viable, the dealership decided to
give each worker an extra $2,400 and let them find plans on their own. Small
business insurance broker Michael Harp says it's all part of the new Obamacare
reality for small businesses and their workers: "The overwhelming
majority, they're paying much higher rates and they have lower benefits."
Service adviser Steve Williams said
Obamacare has destroyed the era of affordable health care.
"The days of low deductibles and all
that stuff are gone," Williams told NBC. "It's not going to get any
better. It's just going to get worse."
The NBC News report comes as the Obama
administration and its progressive allies are reportedly readying yet another
public relations campaign in the hopes of resuscitating Obamacare's lugubrious
approval ratings. The administration's media blitz will highlight the stories
of people who scored taxpayer-funded Obamacare coverage.
The strategy, however, risks further
angering the millions of middle-class workers who lost their insurance coverage
due to Obamacare or whose premiums and deductibles are soaring in order to pay
for the very Obamacare "winners" the administration plans to highlight.
According to the latest CNN poll,
Obamacare is at a record low 35% approval rating.
Auto Workers
United
Auto Workers was a contributor for Priorities USA Action.
Note: Priorities
USA Action was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack
Obama presidential campaign.
Bob King
is the president for the United Auto Workers,
and a director at the Economic Policy Institute.
Ron
Gettelfinger was the president for the United Auto Workers,
and a director at the Economic Policy Institute.
Demos was a
funder for the United Auto Workers.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic
Policy Institute, Demos, and the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Donna S.
Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group
Inc.
CGI
Group Inc. was the Obamacare
contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Barbara
G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc.,
and a VP at the Boeing Company.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Newton N.
Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden
Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
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