Obamacare Waivers

by Kate Piercy Bureaucracy deciding who gets exemptions from a law and who does not: Here is the list of the lucky 111 groups (including unions and health care providers) exempt from the burden of the Obama administration’s onerous health care plan, buried six clicks deep on the Health and Human Services website and posted last Friday. Nice...

by Kate Piercy

Bureaucracy deciding who gets exemptions from a law and who does not:

Here is the list of the lucky 111 groups (including unions and health care providers) exempt from the burden of the Obama administration’s onerous health care plan, buried six clicks deep on the Health and Human Services website and posted last Friday. Nice transparency.

1. Protocol Marketing Group
2. Sasnak
3. Star Tek
4. Adventist Care Centers
5. B.E.S.T of NY
6. Boskovich Farms, Inc
7. Gallegos Corp
8. Jeffords Steel and Engineering
9. O.K. Industries
10. Service Employees Benefit Fund
11. Sun Pacific Farming Coop
12. UFCW Allied Trade Health & Welfare Trust
13. HCR Manor Care
14. IBEW No.915
15. Integra BMS for Culp, Inc.
16. New England Health Care
17. Aegis Insurance
18. Alliance One Tobacco
19. Asbestos Workers Local 53 Welfare Fund
20. Assurant Health (2nd Application)
21. Captain Elliot’s Party Boats
22. Carlson Restaurants
23. CH Guenther & Son
24. CKM Industries dba Miller Environmental
25. CWVEBA
26. Darden Restaurants
27. Duarte Nursery
28. Employees Security Fund
29. Florida Trowel Trades
30. Ingles Markets
31. Meijer
32. O’Reilly Auto Parts
33. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 123 Welfare Fund
34. Sun Belt
35. UFCW Local 227
36. Uncle Julio’s
37. United Group
38. US Imaging
39. Vino Farms
40. Advanta
41. Agricare
42. Alaska Seafood
43. American Fidelity
44. Convergys
45. Darensberries
46. Gowan Company
47. Greystar
48. Macayo Restaurants
49. Periodical Services
50. UniFirst
51. Universal Forest Products
52. UFCW Maximus Local 455
53. AHS
54. GuideStone Financial Resources
55. Local 25 SEIU
56. MAUSER Corp.
57. Preferred Care, Inc.
58. Ruby Tuesday
59. The Dixie Group, Inc.
60. UFCW Local 1262
61. Whelan Security Company
62. AMF Bowling Worldwide
63. Assisted Living Concepts
64. Case & Associates
65. GPM Investments
66. Grace Living Centers
67. Mountaire
68. Swift Spinning
69. Belmont Village
70. Caliber Services
71. Cracker Barrel
72. DISH Network
73. Groendyke Transport, Inc
74. Pocono Medical Center
75. Regis Corporation
76. The Pictsweet Co.
77. Diversified Interiors
78. Local 802 Musicians Health Fund
79. Medical Card System
80. The Buccaneer
81. CIGNA
82. Greater Metropolitan Hotel
83. Local 17 Hospitality Benefit Fund
84. GS-ILA
85. Allied
86. Harden Healthcare
87. Health and Welfare Benefit System
88. Health Connector
89. I.U.P.A.T
90. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
91. Transport Workers
92. UFT Welfare Fund
93. Aegis
94. Aetna
95. Allflex
96. Baptist Retirement
97. BCS Insurance
98. Cryogenic
99. Fowler Packing Co.
100. Guy C. Lee Mfg.
101. HealthPort
102. Jack in the Box
103. Maritime Association
104. Maverick County
105. Metro Paving Fund
106. PMPS-ILA
107. PS-ILA
108. QK/DRD (Denny’s)
109. Reliance Standard
110. Tri-Pak
111. UABT