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On the recordJune 26, 2013
we have heard a lot of talk this week about the big push by President Obama and his allies to promote the health care law. We are less than 100 days out from the implementation of that law. People in Wyoming are already feeling the effects of the Democrats' health care law. The law says employers with more than 50 full-time employees have to provide expensive, one-size-fits-all health insurance. Employers all across the country are cutting full-time workers back to part-time status and cutting their shifts to less than 30 hours a week. Thirty hours a week is the cutoff point to be considered a full-time worker under the Democrats' health care law. As a result of the Democrats' health care law, we are starting to get stories like the one from the Rocket-Miner newspaper in Rock Springs, WY, that came out yesterday. The subheadline is ``School district looks at coverage, worker options,'' and that is under the headline of ``Health Care Reform.'' Here is what the article says: More than 500 employees working for Sweetwater County School District No. 1 could see a reduction in their paychecks for the upcoming school year. The district may reduce hours for part-time employees to exempt it from covering them on its insurance plan under President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This is the Rocket-Miner newspaper in Rock Springs, WY, Tuesday, June 25.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jun 26, 2013

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