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ProfessionalLeftist

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Mon Feb 11, 2013, 10:41 AM Feb 2013

VA Gov seeks to deny Obamacare to thousands of state employees

As part of his state’s new budget, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and his administration are trying to force potentially tens of thousands of public sector employees in the state to work fewer hours so that the government can avoid providing them health care.

Under Obamacare, employers are required to offer health insurance options for any employee working 30 hours or more per week. So McDonnell and his team have slipped language into the state’s budget bill requiring that any hourly waged workers employed by the state put in no more than 29 hours a week.

The rule applies to a range of state employees, including adjunct college professors.

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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/11/1568291/virginia-employees-obamacare/
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VA Gov seeks to deny Obamacare to thousands of state employees (Original Post) ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 OP
and that should also apply to the politicians Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #1
Heartless prick. Whats new. BootinUp Feb 2013 #2
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