BWAHAHAHA: OBAMACARE CANCELS AMERICORPS' WORKER'S HEALTH INSURANCE

NYTIMES: The Obama administration has told Vista volunteers and other AmeriCorps workers that their government-provided health coverage does not measure up to the standards of the new health care law, and that they may be subject to financial penalties unless they obtain insurance elsewhere. 

The notice has surprised and worried workers in AmeriCorps, the federal community service program that is often described as a domestic version of the Peace Corps. 

Mary Strasser, the director of AmeriCorps’ Vista program, described the changes in a bulletin to members on Dec. 16. 

The coverage provided by the agency — the AmeriCorps Health Care Benefits Plan — “does not satisfy the individual responsibility requirement of the Affordable Care Act,” which takes effect on Jan. 1, Ms. Strasser said. Accordingly, she said, Vista members may be required to pay a tax penalty if they do not have other coverage and do not receive an exemption. 

The impact on community service workers is another unanticipated consequence of the health care law, which is making coverage available at little or no cost to many uninsured people but disrupting coverage for others who already had it.

"UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCE" IS LIBTALK FOR FUCKUP.

OBAMACARE IS ONE GREAT BIG FUCKUP.

WE CAN "FIX IT" NEXT NOVEMBER.

IT'S 2014, OR NEVER.