Americans For Prosperity Hurl False Assumptions On Obamacare
The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. An ad from a conservative advocacy group attacks the federal health care law by asking misleading and loaded questions about its impact. The ad...
View ArticleWegmans May Cut Health Benefits For Part-Time Employees
Several employees report benefits being cut in responseto the Affordable Care Act Comment () Tweet Wegmans grocery store in Fairfax, Va. The store chain is cutting health benefits because of new...
View ArticlePrez flouts law to aid sickly health exchanges
On July 3, the Obama administration quietly revealed that it will not enforce the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate until 2015, though the law unambiguously requires that it take effect Jan. 1,...
View ArticleThe American economy is eroding the American job
Is the full-time American job going the way of the dodo? The signs aren’t exactly heartening. Consider the . The United States added 195,000 new jobs in June, it said, including 322,000 new part-time...
View ArticleAmericans increasingly work part time, for low pay
Is the full-time American job going the way of the dodo? The signs arent exactly heartening. Consider the . The United States added 195,000 new jobs in June, it said, including 322,000 new...
View ArticleThe Role of the 'Employer Mandate' in the Affordable Care Act
The decision last week to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act's "employer mandate" has received lots of attention. Pundits and proponents and opponents of the ACA have argued over the...
View ArticlePart-time economy works – for employers
Is the full-time American job going the way of the dodo? The signs aren’t exactly heartening. Consider the jobs report released July 5. The United States added 195,000 new jobs in June, it said,...
View ArticleThe Conversation: Take employers out of insurance business
President Barack Obama's recent decision to delay enforcement of penalties on employers who don't provide health insurance for their workers is a move that Democrats and Republicans should applaud and...
View ArticleThe Wages of a Phony Recovery
It is imperative that we focus on innovative and creative economic policies Comment () Tweet The Great Recession, as it is now commonly called, is the longest and worst recession since the end of...
View ArticlePatterson: Latest move puts Obamacare on thin ice; now it’s time for...
Obamacare is all but dead in the water. The latest evidence this program is in deep trouble was supplied — as usual — by the Obama administration itself. This time it was the administration’s decision...
View ArticleMort Zuckerman: A Jobless Recovery Is a Phony Recovery
By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN In recent months, Americans have heard reports out of Washington and in the media that the economy is looking up—that recovery from the Great Recession is gathering steam. If...
View ArticleObamacare delay is a relief for a family business
Gallery: Obamacare delay is a relief for a family business Travel Deals $84 -- Summer Sale: Myrtle Beach Hotel along the Boardwalk See all travel deals » Jay Hancock, KAISER HEALTH NEWS Posted:...
View ArticleDoes part-time job growth signify a weak economy?
Just when you thought that the United States’ labor market was improving, with employment gains averaging about 200,000 a month, along comes Mort Zuckerman, real estate magnate and chairman of U.S....
View ArticleRoss douthat: Pull cover off the hidden consensus on health care
To follow what’s happening with the new health care law right now, you have to understand that for all the deep divisions on the issue, there’s actually a real bipartisan consensus about how the U.S....
View ArticleA Nation of Part-Timers?
WASHINGTON -- Just when you thought that America's labor market was improving, with employment gains averaging about 200,000 a month, comes Mort Zuckerman, real estate magnate and chairman of U.S....
View ArticleWhite Castle On Obamacare: We May Only Hire Part-Time Workers
White Castle is considering hiring only part-time workers in the future because of fears Obamacare will impose detrimental costs on its business, Vice President Jamie Richardson said in an interview...
View ArticleFull-Time Vs. Part-Time Workers: Restaurants Weigh Obamacare
Many businesses that don't offer health insurance to all their employees breathed a sigh of relief earlier this month when they learned they'd have an extra year to comply with the new health care law...
View ArticleAnother View: Despite conservatives' hope, health reform will roll on
Obamacare is going ahead. Its happening, and concerted efforts by its foes to scare the public and otherwise delegitimize the health care reforms will be ultimately futile. Our health care system has...
View ArticleFor part-time workers, here's a financial toolkit
If you are working part time, you have plenty of company. While the latest jobs report showed solid growth overall, with 195,000 jobs added, there was a serious 322,000 increase, to 8.2 million, in the...
View ArticleFroma Harrop commentary: Low-skilled visa program would harm Americans
Also in Opinion Subscribe to The Dispatch Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. Already a subscriber? Enroll in EZPay and get a free gift! . The...
View ArticleRobert J. Samuelson: Are we becoming a nation of part-timers?
WASHINGTON: Just when you thought that America’s labor market was improving, with employment gains averaging about 200,000 a month, comes Mort Zuckerman, real estate magnate and chairman of U.S. News...
View ArticleWhy Tight U.S. Labor Markets Are Here to Stay
The outlook for the labor market remains bleak. Older Americans are holding on to their jobs longer, limiting openings for newcomers, and employers are cutting costs by extending working hours and...
View ArticleHold the cheers
Gov. Cuomo and President Obama are hailing the newly announced health premiums that will be offered to uninsured New Yorkers as evidence that Obamacare is working as advertised. Not so fast. Both have...
View ArticleEditorial: Desperately flailing at Obamacare as it saves lives and money
The old adage that “it’s easier to tear something down than it is to build it” has never been on more vibrant display than during the current debate on implementing the Patient Protection and...
View ArticleA CEO's-Eye View of ObamaCare
By ANDREW PUZDER CONNECT Why did the Obama administration earlier this month delay enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate until 2015? The administration claims that it needed more...
View ArticleObamacare ‘Real Disaster’ Possible Says California Insurance...
The Obamacare implementation in California could be a disaster in terms of identity theft and fraud. That is the assessment of the state’s insurance commissioner who raised concerns about the...
View ArticleObamacare's rule delay could make mandate difficult to enforce
WASHINGTON - There's a bit of a domino effect undercutting President Barack Obama's health care law. Enforcement of the overhaul's central mandate - that individual Americans must have coverage -...
View ArticleFroma Harrop commentary: Health reform goes forward, or else we go under
Also in Opinion Subscribe to The Dispatch Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. Already a subscriber? Enroll in EZPay and get a free gift! . Obamacare...
View ArticleTaming our economy-busting health care monster
Obamacare is going ahead. It’s happening, and concerted efforts by its foes to scare the public and otherwise delegitimize the health care reforms will be ultimately futile. That doesn’t mean...
View ArticleShelly: Lower insurance rates in N.Y.? Obamacare doesn't sound so bad
Galleries Web links Sorry to interrupt the incessant drone about the "failure" of Obamacare, but from the state of New York comes news that insurance policies in the individual market could cost as...
View ArticleWhy women part-timers should be full-time ball-breakers
Now is the only time I will ever say this (it applies in one area alone, and is based entirely on anecdata and no evidence): on the matter of part-time work, I genuinely think women are stupid. Roll...
View ArticleColumn: Prepare for health care changes
Some business owners may have felt relief July 2 when the U.S. Department of the Treasury postponed until 2015 the federal mandate for employers with 50 or more employees to offer health insurance...
View ArticleObamacare Speech By President To Highlight Benefits For Health Insurance...
President Barack Obama will again seek to seize control of the debate over his health care reform law during remarks Thursday that will emphasize Obamacare's benefits for people who buy health...
View ArticleHouse votes to delay ObamaCare mandates
Published July 17, 2013FoxNews.com The House voted Wednesday to delay key components of ObamaCare, in a bid by emboldened Republicans to chip away at the law after the administration acknowledged new...
View ArticleHouse votes to delay ObamaCare employer mandate
Published July 17, 2013FoxNews.com The House voted Wednesday to delay a key component of ObamaCare, in a bid by emboldened Republicans to chip away at the law after the administration acknowledged new...
View ArticlePrez touts Obamacare put cash in 8.5 million pockets
President Barack Obama Thursday highlighted tangible cost savings being delivered by his signature health-care reform law, arguing that putting extra dollars in middle-class peoples' pockets trumps...
View ArticleStop the Jarrett Tax!
By Betsy McCaughey on 7.17.13 @ 9:50AM Delaying employer mandate could cost taxpayers $62 billion first year. Earlier this week, the Urban Institute released a simulated model of what the Affordable...
View ArticleWorking at Sports Direct is no fairytale for part-timers
The news that Sports Direct's till workers, stockroom assistants and shopfloor staff were handed bonuses of up to £100,000 is a real Cinderella story. A usual £20,000 salary increased to something not...
View ArticleE-Verify mandate: 'Pain in the neck' for Main Street
As President Barack Obama called this week for the House to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, which includes expanded employment verification rules, you could have heard an audible groan from...
View ArticleU.S. Part-Time Jobs Grow With The Economy, Not Obamacare
Quartz: Some businesses say they are hiring more part-time workers because of a new health care law, but the real culprit behind the rise in part-time workers is the state of the economy. The 2010 US...
View ArticleDespite Small Businesses’ Concerns, Begich Remains Loyal to ObamaCare (NRSC...
(Source: NRSC - The National Republican Senatorial Committee) Recently the Huffington Post reported that a new poll by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce revealed that "Half of small business owners polled...
View ArticleHealth Care, Welfare, Workfare, Jobs
Let me return for a moment to two familiar topics in this space: Employer-provided health insurance and declining workforce participation. (Try to contain your excitement!) Earlier this week, A.E.I.’s...
View ArticleFederal health law puts home care providers in funding pinch
MILWAUKEE — Josie Armour makes about $460 a week caring for a man born with cerebral palsy. Her hourly wage is officially $11.50 but in reality is probably less than that. Most days, she puts in extra...
View ArticleNew attack on Obamacare would make insurance costlier
House Republicans continued their crusade to dismantle Obamacare on Wednesday, but an announcement from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should have stopped them in their tracks. The fact that it didn't...
View ArticleObamacare Employer Mandate Delay Will Cut Covered Americans By 500,000: CBO...
President Barack Obama's decision to delay his health care reform law's requirement that large employers offer health benefits or face financial penalties will result in about a half-million people...
View ArticleFed Ponders Part-Time Shift as Obamacare Role Questioned
Bailey Brewer, 28, is a writer with a graduate degree in journalism. She’s been employed since the start of the year as a temporary office worker, unable to find a full-time job. “The part-time thing,...
View ArticleMeyerson: A part-time economy
Is the full-time American job going the way of the dodo? The signs aren’t...
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