Companies are dropping health coverage for spouses to cut costs

Companies are dropping health coverage for spouses to cut costs. “By denying coverage to spouses, employers not only save the annual premiums, but also the new fees that went into effect as part of the Affordable Care Act.” If you like your health insurance you can keep it – or you can keep your spouse. Hey, at last the Democrooks are offering you a choice!

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  • Like anyone with the tiniest amount of grey matter didn't see this coming as well? So far the only people who are benefiting from this garbage is the people who wrote it, and that's because they exempted themselves.

  • So, now not only is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expensive, it is now causing people to lose the health insurance coverage that they already had. Has this law provided any of the benefits that it was supposed to give us?

    • Those who supported Obamacare thought they were getting something for nothing or believed they could sidestep the system. It would be funny except they dragged everyone into the mud because of their stupitiy.

  • Benefits of marriage LGBT have fought so hard for are going away for everyone.
    Progressive liberalism at its best.

    • And again, this is a GOVERNMENT desision! And acrtually they started phasing out dependant coverate 15 years ago when Tri Care was instituted

    • No crowley, it's not. Anyone who believed in the promise of Obamacare had their head up their ass, & we who opposed it told you what & why it was BS. Everything we told you that was gonna happen, is now starting to happen. So I have no sympathy for those who are now sceaming bloody murder about what's starting to happen.

      We were right all along, & there is nothing you can do but to be subjugated by a socialized medicine system that will look to cut costs first, take care of your medical issue maybe.