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The United Federation of Teachers -- one of President Obama's key political backers :o :o :o
 -- is the biggest beneficiary of a White House sweetheart deal ::) >:( :o

that will exempt certain outfits from complying with new health-care rules, officials revealed yesterday.

The quietly approved federal waivers for 30 companies, health insurers, unions and other groups across the country means the UFT doesn't have to gradually phase out caps on annual health coverage like everyone else.

The UFT was concerned that could have been a major financial hit on the union.

 
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The one-year waiver, approved last month by the Department of Health and Human Services, covers all 351,000 members of the UFT's welfare fund, which provides health care and other benefits.

The UFT has the largest pool of affected employees of the 30 organizations that received waivers. The second largest was CIGNA with 265,000 members.

Critics have questioned the need for the exemptions, who got them, and why.

"Big labor spent millions of dollars pushing ObamaCare, which they made sure was stuffed full of union giveaways," said Patrick Semmens, spokesman for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which represents businesses.

"So the fact that the largest waiver now belongs to New York teachers union bosses might be funny if the rest of America wasn't stuck complying with the bill's onerous mandates."

While serving as president of the UFT and its parent group, the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten and her members endorsed Obama in 2008.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed questions about whether the waivers were approved as payback for past support.

"I think that would be a charge that would be hard even for most to make," Gibbs said. He also insisted that the exemptions -- which also went to companies such as McDonald's, Aetna, BCS Insurance Group, Denny's and Jack in The Box -- didn't signal a flaw in ObamaCare regulations.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said the waiver was simply a measure to buy the union time to see how its health-care costs would be affected this year.



Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/teachers_union_gets_pass_on_obamacare_dhoJQgXRKLwbYtp6Nam7LK#ixzz12BSVi8C6

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Re: Teachers union gets a pass on ObamaCare rule...... because they Payed up
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 09:52:04 PM »
Unless you have specifics, this makes no sense. Think about it, Who works less, does less, and gets more benefits than anyone. Teachers. Who pays for it. You and me. Why on earth would the UFT give up anything? They want maximum benefits. You are saying that they are bribing Obama to get less benefits.

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Re: Teachers union gets a pass on ObamaCare rule...... because they Payed up
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2010, 03:21:42 AM »
Unless you have specifics, this makes no sense. Think about it, Who works less, does less, and gets more benefits than anyone. Teachers. Who pays for it. You and me. Why on earth would the UFT give up anything? They want maximum benefits. You are saying that they are bribing Obama to get less benefits.

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Re: Teachers union gets a pass on ObamaCare rule...... because they Payed up
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2010, 03:59:26 AM »
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Unless you have specifics, this makes no sense. Think about it, Who works less, does less, and gets more benefits than anyone. Teachers. Who pays for it. You and me. Why on earth would the UFT give up anything? They want maximum benefits. You are saying that they are bribing Obama to get less benefits.

I am four years away from retirement from teaching and other related jobs in education. Wreakhog, how many years have you taught and in what setting? Did you get and pay for your masters degree? Most teachers average around 130 kids in a day. Most work an average of about 60 hours a week. A teacher gets blamed when little Johnnie does poorly because he did not get any sleep the night before due to his parents fighting all night and was sent out the door with no breakfast. Don't even begin saying what an easy life a teacher has unless you have walked the walk. An average teacher may have only six or so hours with students present but still has 125 assignments to grade, lesson plans to develop, materials to prepare, committees to serve on, making calls and sending e-mails at night to appease parents. I am no longer a classroom teacher because it just was burning me out. I now work in a support type of position which I find much less stressful.
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Re: Teachers union gets a pass on ObamaCare rule...... because they Payed up
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 05:30:22 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 05:54:41 AM »
guzzijohn, It is good to know that you are no longer in the classroom.
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Re: Teachers union gets a pass on ObamaCare rule...... because they Payed up
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 07:33:52 AM »
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wassamatter, Tommyt - did your echo chamber get interrupted?
Jesus said we should treat other as we'd want to be treated... and he didn't qualify that by their party affiliation, race, or even if they're of diff religion.