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Does HR 3200 Subsidize Union Retiree Medical Benefits

By: James-in-CT (Diary)  |  August 14th, 2009 at 09:16 AM  | 

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In reading HR 3200 (little by little), I’m trying to understand the point of Section 164, “Reinsurance Program for Retirees”.  This appears to provide a free reinsurance program to subsidize retiree medical benefits.  Given that the only retiree medical benefits out there are driven by collective bargaining agreements is this really a government subsidy of union retiree medical benefits — thereby insuring that union members get access to superior medical benefits at government expense?

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  • djemi

    From Union Wife Scared of Obamacare

    the coal wage agreement from 2007 between the United Mine Workers and my husband’s employer, and it states in Article 20, Section 13, page 209: “If the United States government enacts comprehensive health care, the United Mine Workers or the Bituminous Coal Operators can reopen the agreement for the purpose of negotiating modifications to let employer plan.” Rush, they’re going to sell the union membership down the river

    So how many other Union contracts have this clause?