The lie of being able to keep your insurance plan grows ever larger

Byron York:

President Obama couldn't have been more emphatic. Critics of the Affordable Care Act were predicting it would encourage employers to stop offering health insurance to their workers, forcing them to find new, and possibly more costly, coverage on the Obamacare exchanges. The president had long scoffed at such predictions, and at a White House news conference last April, he sought to put the idea to rest once and for all.

"For the average American out there, for the 85 to 90 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, this thing has already happened," he said of Obamacare. "And their only impact is that their insurance is stronger, better, more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."

Obviously, millions of Americans who purchased health coverage on the individual market did have something to worry about. And now, it's becoming clear that some who have health coverage through their job should be worried, too.

This week, Target announced it will drop the coverage it offers part-time employees, effective April 1. They will now be required by Obamacare's individual mandate to find coverage elsewhere.

Target has a lot of part-time employees, but just a few of them — about 10 percent — opted for coverage through the company. Now, they will most likely purchase insurance on the exchanges. "The launch of health insurance marketplaces provides new options for health care coverage that we believe our part-time team members may prefer," said Target Human Resources chief Jodee Kozlak.

Target isn't alone in making such a decision. Home Depot, Trader Joe's and others have also dropped coverage for part-time workers. More companies will certainly follow, because Obamacare offers a clear incentive for them to drop such coverage, especially since they can now say they're actually doing workers a favor by allowing them to buy coverage they "may prefer."
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It is becoming more obvious everyday that Obamacare is a bigger disaster for many Americans than this administration is honest enough to admit.   It has become line Month Python's Black Knight skit where after losing limb after limb the Knight still talks like he is winning.  If Obama really knew this was what was going to happen the lies he told to sell it grow ever larger.  If he did not know, then the incompetence of his administration is even more staggering.