McDonald’s to drop health insurance 30,000 workers (school, economy, retire)

[padcrasher]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Nobody is forcing you to work for them.

True. But we are going to force them to provide insurance or be fined.

How much it must suck for you to know working people are starting to stick up for themselves.

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Nobody is forcing you to work for them.

I don't and would not work for them!

The point is that the trend is employers do not/will not provide adequate health insurance benefits for their employees.

Don't you think it is time for another system for health care coverage?

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by padcrasher

True. But we are going to force them to provide insurance or be fined.

That doesn't sound constitutional.
You always can work for one of their competitors who provide better benefits.

[Roaddog]

Originally Posted by Pandamonium

You do realize that McDonalds has a history of hiring part time to avoid benefits, right?

So does Von's, Ralphs, sears and many more, it's the new way.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by jojajn

Don't you think it is time for another system for health care coverage?

Yes, I do but ObamaCare doesn't seem to be the one that will make health insurance more affordable.

[Pandamonium]

Americans are going to Mexico for medical care.

For now, most Americans coming to Mexico for health care are considered "medical refugees," as in the case of Mr. Woods, 43, a network engineer. He visited a Christus Muguerza hospital in Monterrey last Christmas and stayed with his wife's relatives there. He had looked into getting laser eye surgery close to home, but the cost made that impossible, he said. U.S. doctors wanted to charge him $4,000, Mr. Woods said, but he paid $1,500 in Mexico.

U.S. patients choosing Mexican hospitals for price, quality | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/072807dninthospitals.36608c1.html - broken link)

Run a search on medical tourism.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

The fast-food giant reportedly told federal regulators it would be “economically prohibitive”
for its insurance carriers to continue to cover hourly workers unless it gets a waiver on the 80%
requirement. It added that having “to drop our current mini-med offering would represent a huge
disruption to our 29,500 participants."

Unless regulators waive a requirement of the health-care overhaul, McDonald’s
has warned federal regulators it could drop its health insurance plan for almost 30,000 hourly workers,
The Wall Street Journal reported.

This new health insurance law sucks big time.

McDonald's is denying this:

"McDonald's Senior VP Steve Russell, who is the head of human resources, calls reports that the company will drop its coverage "completely false.""

McDonald's May End Health Care Benefits For 30,000 Workers

McDonald's Fights Back Against Report That It Will Drop Health Care Plan - ABC News

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

McDonald's is denying this:

They should have done that sooner so I hadn't had to start this thread.
So McDonald's is a good guy after all.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

They should have done that sooner so I hadn't had to start this thread.
So McDonald's is a good guy after all.

Blame it the WSJ - fact-checking just ain't what it used to be

[Eleanora1]

I find it hysterically funny that the Reps think this horrible plan is an indictment of the Obama adminstration. The plan costs a chunk of money, pays out nearly nothing and largely serves as a sop to insurance company profits. The fact that Republicans think that paying nearly $800 a year to get a measly $2000 a year in coverage (essentially nothing should you actually get sick) is the real disgrace here.

This plan is not health insurance. It never was and never will be.