I am confused here, I thought SEIU was for Obamacare? Did they not know they would need drop 30,000 peoples children because of the bill?
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010...kers-children/
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is dropping coverage for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants, union officials said. The union blamed financial problems it said were caused by the state?s health department and new national health-insurance requirements.
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The fund informed its members late last month that their dependents will no longer be covered as of Jan. 1, 2011. Currently about 6,000 children are covered by the benefit fund, some until age 23.
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?In addition, new federal health-care reform legislation requires plans with dependent coverage to expand that coverage up to age 26,? Behroozi wrote in a letter to members Oct. 22. ?Our limited resources are already stretched as far as possible, and meeting this new requirement would be financially impossible.?
Behroozi estimated that the fund faced a $15 million shortfall in 2011 and more in the following years for the coverage of workers? children.
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