The newspaper is literally making me sick these days.
Temp staffing jobs hit record as firms dodge ObamaCare costs
ObamaCare Dismal on Cost, Jobs, & Welfare
Still More Evidence That ObamaCare Is Costing Jobs
Who cares about evidence when you have an agenda-pu$hing mouthpiece (admittedly a self-imploding mouthpiece, but....) to get the message out?
"Complex Obama health care law may boost jobs; New hires will help Americans navigate system" by Meeri Kim | Washington Post, August 04, 2013
May?
WASHINGTON — Amid a torrent of speculation about the impact of the Obama health care law on the economy, one thing seems clear: The law is spurring a raft of new jobs in call centers, computer companies, and community organizations to help Americans understand the complex law and navigate the new insurance marketplaces.
Call centers that will no doubt be offshore and overseas.
And why do TAXPAYERS have to WASTE MONEY HIRING PEOPLE to explain this complicated piece of shit law that was written of, by, and for the insurance and prescription pharmaceutical companies?
Why does it have to be $O COMPLEX, huh?
Why couldn't we get a GOOD, DECENT, SINGLE-PAYER, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM like the REST of the INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD?
Instead we got this piece of corporate crap called Obamacare, which is worse than if they had done nothing.
But you know what? Don't believe me. Don't believe my diagnosis. Buy into the agenda-pu$hing rot spewed forth by my corporate pre$$ instead.
About 7,000 to 9,000 new customer service agents will be needed to man phones and Web chats for the marketplace, called an exchange, the federal government will run for more than half of the states, a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. Additional agents will be needed for exchanges being run by the states themselves.
Oh. That won't even make a dent in the rigged unemployment numbers.
Altogether, tens of thousands of people could be hired during the next several years to set up and support the online marketplaces, according to some estimates.
And then again, they COULD NOT!
I'm sorry, but my college writing instructor told me that words like MAY and COULD -- along with the ma$$ media favorites still and but -- were BAD WORDS to USE in a REPORT!
And yet (another good word) they are ubiquitously in my paper every day!
Individuals and small businesses will use the exchanges to buy health insurance, with open enrollment beginning Oct. 1 and coverage starting Jan. 1.
Yeah, big business got a waver from Obama because the thing was so complicated.
Btw, you can say goodbye to that subsidy the government said they would give you.
‘‘There will be a burst of employment associated with ramping [these programs] up,’’ said Mark Duggan, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative.
The hiring for call centers and exchanges represents just one aspect of the law’s potential impact on the economy. Just as with every other aspect of the law, there is sharp disagreement on whether the Affordable Care Act will help or hinder the economy.
Robert Laszewski, a health care policy consultant, said the law would be ‘‘a big jobs bill’’ because of the billions of dollars of state and federal money required to implement it.
As they are supposed to be cutting costs and reining them in at this time of austerity. Where are they going to get the money, higher taxes? Increased penalties?
Do these guys ever bother to read or listen to what they say, or is it just one long stream of shit coming out the mouth?
Some critics said it was not necessarily a good thing that thousands of people will have to be hired to explain the complicated law.
I didn't see it as good, either.
Why was that piece of s*** law written so badly?
Other critics said the law will hurt hiring by employers that want to avoid having to comply with a part requiring them to provide workers with insurance.
It is ALREADY HAPPENING EN MASSE!!!
That mandate, which applies to companies employing 50 or more people, was delayed until January 2015, partially due to objections from businesses. But Duggan said that the mandate’s impact on hiring has been vastly ‘‘overstated’’ and that only ‘‘a very small share of employers in the US’’ would be affected by it.
Then WHY DELAY IT?
You know, all this AGENDA-PUSHING LYING by the newspaper is NOT GOOD for MY HEALTH!!!!!!!!!!!
The Affordable Care Act is designed to provide coverage to millions of Americans — and that in itself is likely to spur more hiring by hospitals and other facilities that provide health-care services, Duggan said.
No it wasn't; it was designed to bring a big pool of premiums to insurers doorsteps.
May, could, likely.... whatever.
But Bob Kocher, a former Obama health-policy adviser who is now a partner at the venture capital firm Venrock, based in Cambridge, Mass., is skeptical that there will be a big demand for health services as a result of the law, because the uninsured are young and healthy, he said.
‘‘Adding jobs without adding demand leads to higher costs,’’ Kocher said.
Some of the jobs tied to the initial implementation of the law may be temporary or part-time positions.
Didn't want you to miss that. That means NO HEALTH INSURANCE will be OFFERED!
But others, such as those at the call centers, could last for years.
Yeah, they COULD! Or they COULD NOT!
Hiring for call centers for state-run exchanges probably will be on a smaller scale than that for call centers for the federal exchange.
The customer service firm Maximus, based in Reston, Va., has contracts with the District of Columbia and five states: Maryland, Hawaii, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York. Offices are located primarily in those states and will hire local residents, said Bruce Caswell, president and general manager of Maximus’s health services segment.
Related: Ma$$ Fraud at MassHealth
Oh, GREAT!!!!! That is THE MODEL for Obamacare!
Maximus plans to hire 4,000 people, with more than half of the positions created as part of a subcontract with General Dynamics subsidiary Vangent. Arlington, Va.-based Vangent will operate up to 17 call centers across the country, where thousands of agents will answer telephone and Web chat inquiries about the exchanges run by the federal government.
Related:
"In recent years, Lockheed has landed multiyear contracts with such agencies as the National Archives, the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Institutes of Health to help manage records and to do other support services."
Yeah, I also thought you should know that at least WAR PROFITEER$ are going to be HEALTHY!!
Meanwhile, Reston-based records-management firm Serco plans to hire 1,500 workers for jobs in Alabama, Kentucky, and Arkansas, said Alan Hill, vice president of corporate communications. Most new hires primarily will handle the coming influx of paper applications for insurance coverage.
Companies also are hiring people to manage the complex logistics of getting the exchange websites and networks up and running. Health-care IT firm hCentive, also in Reston, has contracts with Kentucky, Colorado, and New York.
The company has added about 100 new people in the last year and a half, chief operating officer Agarwala said.
Other jobs are cropping up in outreach and marketing. That is not surprising, given that four out of five Americans said that they have heard little to nothing about insurance exchanges, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
Related: The Boston Globe's Ghostwriters
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And the jobs that are being created?
Only temporary (to avoid Obamacare), and "most of the job growth came in lower-paying industries or part-time work."
Not the sign of a healthy economy!
I intended to do more this evening, dear readers; however, I really have gotten a touch of illness this weekend and I need to go rest now. Sorry.
