Obamacare Call Center Will Not Offer Health-Care Benefits to Employees

[miles]

In order to ensure Americans understand how to access the benefits available to them when many provisions of the Affordable Care Act go online October 1, the Obama administration announced last month that it is setting up a call center that will be accessible to Americans 24 hours a day.

One branch of that call center will be located in California’s Contra Costa County, where, reportedly, 7,000 people applied for the 204 jobs. According to the Contra Costa Times, however, “about half the jobs are part-time, with no health benefits — a stinging disappointment to workers and local politicians who believed the positions would be full-time.” The county supervisor, Karen Mitchoff, called the hiring process “a comedy of errors” and said she “never dreamed [the jobs] would be part-time.”

The Times indicates that a job posting advertised all of the jobs as full-time, and one call center employee, who said no reason for the apparent change was provided, told the paper, ”It reminded me of that George Clooney movie where he goes around the country firing people [Up in the Air]. The woman said, ‘I know you were led to believe you would be full-time, but things have changed. . . . You are actually ‘part-time intermittent.’”

The Contra Costa employees are currently in training, and the call center — one of three based in California — is set to go live on October 1.

 

[jeninflorida]

why should this be a surprise? obama is a complete fucking piece of socialist shit

 

[Adre]

why should this be a surprise? obama is a complete fucking piece of socialist shit

He has such a way with words.

 

[RobDownSouth]

This is your daily poutrage, Miles Ben Zonah?

Edited to add: Miles is always the last person to get the memo - GOP To Conservatives: Stop Acting Crazy Over Obamacare

 

[unregistered]

 

[phrodeau]

That is the only line of print in the entire publication history of the Contra Costa Times that miles is willing to believe.

 

[Disgustipated]

Your AV reveals, it's time to shave your pussy. Just sayin'.

According to your bmi from your own profile, you're overweight, tubby.

 

[mercury14]

And then those part-timers can go to an exchange and get cheap, affordable health care.

 

[jeninflorida]

And then those part-timers can go to an exchange and get cheap, affordable health care.

what the fuck are you talking about? cheap, affordable healthcare? no you fucking idiot its welfare health care as costs are going up and obama is playing robbin in das hood

 

[run_silent]

In order to ensure Americans understand how to access the benefits available to them when many provisions of the Affordable Care Act go online October 1, the Obama administration announced last month that it is setting up a call center that will be accessible to Americans 24 hours a day.

One branch of that call center will be located in California’s Contra Costa County, where, reportedly, 7,000 people applied for the 204 jobs. According to the Contra Costa Times, however, “about half the jobs are part-time, with no health benefits — a stinging disappointment to workers and local politicians who believed the positions would be full-time.” The county supervisor, Karen Mitchoff, called the hiring process “a comedy of errors” and said she “never dreamed [the jobs] would be part-time.”

The Times indicates that a job posting advertised all of the jobs as full-time, and one call center employee, who said no reason for the apparent change was provided, told the paper, ”It reminded me of that George Clooney movie where he goes around the country firing people [Up in the Air]. The woman said, ‘I know you were led to believe you would be full-time, but things have changed. . . . You are actually ‘part-time intermittent.’”

The Contra Costa employees are currently in training, and the call center — one of three based in California — is set to go live on October 1.

If this is true it shows how business will embrace Obamacare. Cut hours to all employees to make them part time. Of course there will those needed full time. The only tweak I can think of is changing it to 35 hours a week but I'd rather have obamacare go away

Do you really want to work two jobs to get at least 40 hours a week? Will that cause you to work 7 days a week?

 

[mercury14]

what the fuck are you talking about? cheap, affordable healthcare? no you fucking idiot its welfare health care as costs are going up and obama is playing robbin in das hood

California's exchanges are already up with rates and insurance companies right there for you. Then punch your details into the subsidy calculator.

Too hard for you?

 

[mercury14]

Here you go, Jen. This is pre-subsidy.

Okay the chart is misbehaving. Here's the link.

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[run_silent]

California's exchanges are already up with rates and insurance companies right there for you. Then punch your details into the subsidy calculator.

Too hard for you?

Are they cheaper than before and by how much?

 

[mercury14]

Are they cheaper than before and by how much?

They're in line with the natural annual rate increase and far below the large annual increases we saw in the 2000s.

After you factor in subsidies there is a very large net cost decrease.

 

[koalabear]

They're in line with the natural annual rate increase and far below the large annual increases we saw in the 2000s.

After you factor in subsidies there is a very large net cost decrease.

He has no idea, thus the bullshit.

 

[mercury14]

He has no idea, thus the bullshit.

The rates were already approved. They're public knowledge. If you have no idea what they are and can't follow a link to see them then just say they cost infinity dollars or something and be done with it.

 

[koalabear]

The rates were already approved. They're public knowledge. If you have no idea what they are and can't follow a link to see them then just say they cost infinity dollars or something and be done with it.

Good thing the rest of the USA can use calif rates, right.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Are they cheaper than before and by how much?

If memory serves me correctly, and it nearly always does, insurance for part-timers was usually not available in California prior to the passage of Obamacare.

 

[mercury14]

Good thing the rest of the USA can use calif rates, right.

The other ten or so states with exchanges rates published at this time are actually cheaper than Cali's.

 

[koalabear]

The other ten or so states with exchanges rates published at this time are actually cheaper than Cali's.

Name the States.

 

[run_silent]

They're in line with the natural annual rate increase and far below the large annual increases we saw in the 2000s.

After you factor in subsidies there is a very large net cost decrease.

Do you know at what income ( or lack of) you become eligible for government aid?

Edited to add -

Household income.

 

[mercury14]

Off the top of my head, Vermont, New York, Maryland, Colorado, Oregon, and Indiana have all published unremarkable rates. Maryland's was just announced last week and was 33% lower than what the Obama Administration was suggesting they be.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/07/26/maryland-touts-low-premiums-in-health-exchange/



Premiums for a 25 year old starting at $124 per month before subsidy. These are the OMG expensive rates you all have been whining about.

 

[koalabear]

Off the top of my head, Vermont, New York, Maryland, Colorado, Oregon, and Indiana have all published unremarkable rates. Maryland's was just announced last week and was 33% lower than what the Obama Administration was suggesting they be.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/07/26/maryland-touts-low-premiums-in-health-exchange/



Premiums for a 25 year old starting at $124 per month before subsidy. These are the OMG expensive rates you all have been whining about.

ObamaCare to Raise Indiana Health Insurance Rates 72%.

 

[mercury14]

Do you know at what income ( or lack of) you become eligible for government aid?

Edited to add -

Household income.

Yeah here's a quick calculator for you right here. Plug in your numbers and let me know what you come up with

http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/

 

[mercury14]

ObamaCare to Raise Indiana Health Insurance Rates 72%.

Those are individual rates. Basically if insurance companies can't drop people that buy individual rates and get really sick, they must charge more.

But nobody needs to buy individual plans now because exchanges are replacing them. Exchanges use a very large group rate, plus subsidy. Basically you're complaining about things that don't matter to anyone.