A couple of retailers have recently cut health insurance benefits for their part-time employees. Target is the most recent example, joining Home Depot and Trader Joe's (if you call them retailers) in cutting health insurance benefits for part-time employees. Alex Wayne, "Target to Drop Health Insurance for Part-Time Workers" (Bloomberg, posted on January 22, 2014).
They blame Obamacare. See id. There are a couple of problems with this line. For one thing, the Affordable Care Act a/k/a "Obamacare" does not require employers to provide health insurance to part-time workers.
Further, blaming Obama for healthcare premiums is misplaced. The trend toward cutting health insurance benefits for part-time employees began sometime around 2007. George W. Bush, not Barack Obama, was President. Obamacare was not even thought of and it was not enacted into law until 3 years later.
So, do you think that these employers will give any part of the money back by paying higher wages?
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