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Health Law Now Hammers Its Largest Advocate
 

Union That Lobbied Furiously To Pass Health Care Law Now Drops Children From Their Employees’ Health Coverage Citing “New National Health-Insurance Requirements”

FLASHBACK: SEIU Justified Spending Its Members’ Dues Advocating For The Health Law To Provide Coverage To “Every Man, Woman And Child”

Q: “Why Do You Like This Piece Of Legislation [The Health Care Bill]?” ANDY STERN, SEIU President: “I Think Because It Gets Us Started On Where We Need To Go, Which Is We Need A Health-Care System Where Every Man, Woman And Child Has The Security And The Comfort Of Knowing They Can Get Treated.” (MSNBC, 3/15/10)

“The Largest Health Care Labor Union In The United States, The Service Employees International, Is Using Its 2.2 Million Members' Hard-Earned Dues To Finance An Intense, Expensive Lobbying Campaign In Support Of The Pending Health-Insurance Bill…” (“Why The SEIU Wants Health Reform,” RealClearMarkets.com, 3/18/10)



About 6,000 Children Of SEIU Members At Risk Of Losing Their Health Insurance Because Of “New National Health-Insurance Requirements”

“One Of The Largest Union-Administered Health-Insurance Funds In New York Is Dropping Coverage For … About 6,000 Children.” “One of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York is dropping coverage for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants, union officials said. … The fund informed its members late last month that their dependents will no longer be covered as of Jan. 1, 2011. Currently about 6,000 children are covered by the benefit fund, some until age 23.” (“Union Drops Health Coverage For Worker’s Children,” The Wall Street Journal, 11/20/10)

“The Union Blamed Financial Problems It Said Were Caused By The … New National Health-Insurance Requirements.”
“The union blamed financial problems it said were caused by the state’s health department and new national health-insurance requirements. The fund is administered by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.” (“Union Drops Health Coverage For Worker’s Children,” The Wall Street Journal, 11/20/10)

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Permalink Posted: November 30, 2010 at 9:40:23 AM EST