Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumYeah, about that employer health plan everyone loves: Whole Foods to cut health-care for 1900
Whole Foods to cut health-care benefits for 1,900 part-time employees starting next year
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/12/whole-foods-to-cut-healthcare-for-1900-part-time-employees-in-2020.html
Amazon-owned Whole Foods will be withdrawing medical benefits for hundreds of its part-time workers starting Jan. 1, 2020, the company said Thursday.
In the past, employees needed to work at least 20 hours a week to buy into the health-care plan. Now they will need to work at least 30 hours. Less than 2% of its workforce, or 1,900 employees, will no longer be eligible for medical coverage, under the new policy, the company said.
The news was first reported by Business Insider.
In order to better meet the needs of our business and create a more equitable and efficient scheduling model, we are moving to a single-tier part-time structure, a company spokesperson said in an email. We are providing Team Members with resources to find alternative healthcare coverage options, or to explore full-time, healthcare-eligible positions starting at 30 hours per week. All Whole Foods Market Team Members continue to receive employment benefits including a 20% in-store discount.
Oh they get to keep their discount for shopping at Whole Foods. How generous!
I wonder if they take the purchases out of their checks like Menards does?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crazytown
(7,277 posts)Obscene.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Everyone loves the health insurance they dont have because their employer cut their hours below the limit.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Rollout would be over four years.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Forever.
So hows about we seriously reform the system and liberate health insurance from employment?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Retirement benefits provided insurance at a low (or no) premium. Also, if we revive and improve
Obamacare, these employees would be eligible for subsidy.
What I am trying to say is that IF M4All is ever implemented, it will be some years. We need to
work on options to it in the meantime.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)workers will continue to be dependent on the benevolence of their employers for insurance. The ACA is not comprehensive, depends on state participation for the subsidies, and retains the crap-fest of networks, deductibles, co-pays, mystery bills etc that make out of pocket expenses a huge part of per-capita health care costs.
Your concerned example is a permanent state under the ACA, so I don't see how a 4-year phase in, which would by the way pick up older part time workers immediately, is an argument against M4A, it is an argument in favor of a more aggressive roll-out. I would be fine with that.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)There will be no M4All in 2020. There will be no instant roll-out.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)If you are working a part time job it is very difficult to afford to buy insurance, and that insurance comes with deductibles co-pays, out of network charges and mystery wtf bills. Per capita out of pocket costs aside from premiums are around 6500.00.
ACA is better than what we had before ACA, but it is not universal comprehensive healthcare.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)situation to say, Very few businesses can afford to proved healthcare coverage for part-time workers, but we will compromise by giving those who choose to work only 20 hours a week $300 toward the ACA Public Option.
Yeah,maybe MFA would be better. But that isnt going to happen any time soon, no matter how much Sanders yells about his damn bill or Warren promises. That big idea aint happening until a bunch of people choose a Public Option over their employer health plan. Then, MFA will happen.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Amazon could have offered their part time workers a more expensive premium, which would be the equivalent of subsidizing the theoretical public option, but they didn't. They maximized shareholder value and forked their part time employees.
Billionaires gotta do what billionaires do.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the Grocery Industry. Surprised it has taken this many years before someone broke ranks and implemented it. From here on the Major Retailers will use this as leverage against every worker in Retail Groceries nation wide.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)I worked for WF in Austin for 5.5 years (2005 - 2010). They had a pretty good deal on health insurance. As soon as you had worked 500 hours you were eligible. Full timers got to 500 hours in about 3 months. Part timers took closer to 6 months. Once you qualified though, the coverage was the same no matter what schedule you worked. It was also free for the employee, then after 5 years your family was covered too.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden