Companies plan massive layoffs as Obamacare becomes reality

The majority of companies on that list are medical device manufacturers that are going to get socked with the new taxes on medical devices. Many of these companies decided to lay people off before the election, meaning they would have done so no matter who was elected. Still, the presumption must be that had Romney been elected this would have been one of the first parts of ObamaCare that the Republicans would have attempted to repeal.

And yes, I agree with you that a good portion of the electorate are stupid and gullible.

 

There is no longer a reason to employ full time production workers in the US. Production jobs that can't be automated will be sent off shore.

The computer revolution has made most production job descriptions interchangeable because the machine does the thinking and has the skill. The humans mostly load the machine and remove the output. Even apple picking has become automated. Instead of climbing ladders, the picker rides power lift and puts the apples into a shoot. The machine fills the apple boxes. No more climbing, lifting, and carrying. Even a fat old person like myself could do it.

 

Not layoffs, at least not yet, but with the election over, there is now talk of selling GM's stock that the government owns. Our loss is expected to be around 15 billion.

"Now They Tell Us: Costs of the GM Bailout"

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/11/10/now-they-tell-us-costs-of-the-gm-bailout/

 

Not mentioned in this article are the hundreds that coal companies are preparing to lay off as soon as Obama's illegal EPA rules go into effect. Those rules will eventually cause up to a 300% increase in electricity rates. All the bills from Obama's first trerm are about to come due.

About 60 million people just don't care.

 

Well, I have worked in the medical field for 12 years, and I have seen, firsthanded, the abuse facilities indulge in. If someone is admitted to the hospital where I work, with chest pains and/or shortness of breath, they have a standing order to order a uninalysis. What does a urinanalysis have to do with either of these?

One doctor who works in the ER, routinely orders what the ER nurses call "nap labs", so that he can sleep a little longer before he comes out to see those patients. They order BMPs(Basic Metabolice Panels) or CMPs(Complete Met. Panels). and CBCs(complete blood counts) on people who come in with "pain, multiple sites", when its plain all they want is a pain shot. Something needs to be done. Hospitals and medical facilites need to be held accountable, too.


One time, dad had some glasses made. He had medicare at the time, and he asked them if they could use his medical card to help pay for it. They said no, but went ahead and copied his card. At that time, every three months, they would send him a statement of what they paid for. Lo and behold, they charged $200.00, and he paid cash for them. Companies are just as guilty, and probably have more to do with the problem, than "John Q. Public" does. So, "big business" has helped in the downward spiral of this country as well.

 

Can anyone on the board tell me what this post has to do with the op?

 

It's garbage that is going on in the medical field that has caused Obamacare to come forth. The medical facilities(Dr's offices, OP clinics, and hospitals) have abused people.

 

My M-I-L used to work for Wally-World. They kept a lot of their workers under 32 hrs to keep from having to give them insurance. One of her co-workers was part-time, but they worked her at full-time hrs. When they mentioned this, and asked about getting insurance from them, they cut them back down. Businesses won't pay insurance if the don't have to.

 

It is fear of malpractice suits and the pittance that medicare/medicaid pays out that are largely responsible.

Medical costs go up, in part, to cover malpractice insurance premiums and to cover the losses incurred by medicare/medicaid patients.

Health insurance premiums go up to cover the resulting increases, among other reasons.

So If you want to blame anyone, blame lawyers and government.

 

Why should employers have the obligation to provide full-time employment and medical insurance? Businesses exist to make a profit, not to be a social agency for their employees.

If employees are unhappy, they should leave.

 

I guess when your hope is in amerika, not the kingdom to come, it's pretty depressing. But not if you have the faith of Abraham.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

 

Quite to oversimplification and exaggeration. While there are most likely some abuses in the medical field the issues stems from far more than that. Liability issues, frivolous lawsuit issues etc. Trying to pin it to one single issue is far from the truth.

 

then work somewhere else. They do not owe anyone insurance.