As Twitchy reported, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was all smiles on his way out of the White House today. While Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have been lobbying to have Obamacare defunded, big labor has instead hoped to be exempted from the Affordable Care Act until it can be taken back into the shop and “fixed” to their specifications. No sooner had the union leaders pulled away in their limos than the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein was reporting that no, there would be no waiver.
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/378640975171969024
He wrote:
Tonight, the effort failed. A senior administration official tells me that the administration “does not see a legal way for individuals in multiemployer group health plans to receive individual market tax credits as well as the favorable tax treatment associated with employer-provided health insurance at the same time.” A Treasury Department letter is being released that lays out the administration’s reasoning in more detail.
WHOA: Obama Admin denies ObamaCare waiver for unions http://t.co/ptu0XbxNED
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) September 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/ctsa/status/378644460134887424
WH told Labor, it "does not see a legal way for individuals in multiemployer group health plans to receive individual market tax credits"
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 13, 2013
@samsteinhp You know ObamaCare is awesome because the people who passed it and their biggest supporters want to be exempted from it.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) September 13, 2013
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@sunnyright @samsteinhp And had to pass it 1st to know what's in it! How's that wrking for Labor now? #epicfail
— Catherine Siena (@1catherinesiena) September 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/YeaYouRite/status/378644977557192704
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