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McDonald's Health Plan in Trouble
Why would McDonald’s consider cutting their health care coverage? Could President Obama’s health care plan be the cause of the health plan’s demise?
According to a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, there was a report that McDonald’s planned to cancel its health care coverage due to some of the provisions in Obama’s health care plan. However, this report was refuted by U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and McDonald’s officials. McDonald’s did not deny that some of the new provisions will affect their existing health coverage.
The problem is that McDonald’s (and other fast food establishments) offer lower cost benefits with higher deductibles to their employees, and Obama’s health care plan is designed to get rid of these programs.
I wonder how a certain McDonald’s employee is feeling about this. Remember Jose Osegueda, a McDonald’s employee, who wanted to know if Obama’s education proposals and health care plan would help him.
He must be feeling like the promised hope and change has deserted him too. This is just another consequence of ObamaCare.
What Effects Would ObamaCare Have on Medical Advancements?
H/T ReasonTV
This is a question that some Senators and the American people should consider, especially since health care reform legislation is being debated in the U.S. Senate. Recently, we are fortunate to be in a country that has led with medical advancements, whether it is utilizing adult stem cells to find cures for diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, or experimental drugs that give hope to those with terminal illnesses. Could this be compromised with ObamaCare?
One can see from the recent reviews by the U.S. Preventative Task Force that there will be some rationing included in ObamaCare. The recent reviews regarding preventative measures for womens health definitely points to the fact that medical advancements might be impacted. The recent recommendations by this task force to push mammograms from age 40 to 50, and pap smears from age 18 to 21, are just a few examples of routine screenings that might be affected by ObamaCare. (Note: Thankfully, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, stepped in and said that these routine health care measures would continue to stay the same.)
However, as we can see in countries with universal health care/public options, medical innovations have been impacted. What new innovations have we seen from Canada or the U.K. recently? Hmmm…nothing.
