You have great teeth and you go to the Dentist. The Dentist needs to look like he's really caring for your teeth and he tells you your teeth on one side are decayed. He gives you 2 plans. Keep your rotting teeth or get brand new dentures which are cheaper he tells you in the long run.
Thinking that having dentures is going to save you a trip to the Dentist you opt for them. The Dentist pulls them out and replaces them with cheap plastic that cracks and breaks. Mind you the teeth you had pulled were perfectly fine. You keep on buying new ones finally the Dentist tells you I can make another set but it's going to cost you even more because the Material is better. You buy those and they are a grade better then you had. This is called pivoting.
Now how did Obama pivot? We had medical insurance which would have cost you less if Congress and the Senate had capped costs and forced the insurance companies to take preexisting condition. Prices would have remained and companies wouldn't be forced to lay you off or close not being able to afford this insurance,
I have seen signs all over saying I love Obamacare. Obamacare starts in 2015 now. How can you love something that didn't start yet?
Obamacare call center hired part-time employees - denying them the healthcare benefits they are promoting
- Concord city disappointed that much-needed jobs lack benefits
- Companies only need to cover full-time workers under healthcare reforms
- New recruits claim they were only told about the hours after training
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A call center due to open in the fall to tell the public about ObamaCare has been criticized for offering half of its employees part-time work, which will deny them the very benefits they have been hired to promote.
Staff and city officials in Contra Costa County have been left dismayed that the successful bid to run one of three Californian call centers has ended in employees being left without benefits.
More than 7,000 people applied for just 180 positions at the Concord call center, which is due to open on October 1. They believed most of the roles would be full-time and come with health insurance.
Dismay: While some Americans have objected to Obamacare, in Concord residents and officials welcomed the jobs they hoped it would create
However, according to the Contra Costa Times, half of the positions have now been made part time, meaning 90 employees, who are estimated to be paid $15 to $18 an hour, will face costs of between $600 and $2,900 a month for their healthcare.
Under Obamacare, companies with 50 or more employees are only required to offer coverage to full-time staff.
'It is very disappointing. I was under the impression these were going to be well-paying, well-compensated positions,' county supervisor Mary Piepho said.
'We were really hopeful these would be jobs meeting the unemployment needs in our county and offer them the ability to make a living and support their families,' she added.
The city had welcomed the chance to run one of the call centers, which will help people enroll in Obamacare, believing it would generate jobs and better prospects, according to the New York Post.
Under the deal for setting up the center, the city had to agree to fund the operation itself.
Two other centers, in Rancho Cordova and Fresno, are also being opened but the one in Concord is the only center to be contracted out to a county, according to Mercury News.
Disappointed: County supervisors Mary Piepho, left, and Karen Mitchoff, right, say they believed the call center jobs created in Concord would be full-time and well-compensated positions
Concord officials have claimed that it was clear from the start that some positions would be part time but, according to the Contra Costa Times, a staff list and job advert listed nearly all the vacancies as full time.
Some employees, who asked not to be identified, claimed that they only found out they were being offered part-time positions after orientation and training.
'What's really ironic is working for a call center and trying to help people get health care, but we can't afford it ourselves,' one employee said.
An employee claimed they were first told about the part-time hours after a training session on July 18.
'It reminded me of that George Clooney movie [Up In The Air] where he goes around the country firing people. 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 employee said.
The new recruits added that no clear reasons were given.
Another person said they had turned down another job offer to accept a role at the call center after receiving a letter in June, but have not been able to confirm their position since.
Contra Costa Deputy County Administrator Theresa Speiker said the hiring company had been clear about the types of positions available, and added that the part-time staff would be used to cover the extended hours.
Controversial: The Concord call center is being opened to help Californians enroll in President Obama's healthcare reforms
Opposition: The healthcare reforms, under which companies with 50 or more employees must offer cover to staff, have been criticized
For the first three months after it opens on October 1, the call center is due to be open for 72 hours a week. After that it is expected to drop to 59 hours.
'The battle for the call center was over jobs with good working wages and benefits; I never dreamed they would be part-time,' county supervisor Karen Mitchoff said.
She added that several of her constituents had complained to her about the hiring process.
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