Republicans to Chip at Obamacare by Redefining Work Hours
It would make it easier for employers to shift more workers to part-time status.
A waitress delivers a tray of food to customers at the Denny' s Corp. restaurant in New York, U.S., on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014.
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Newly empowered Republicans say they can’t repeal Obamacare and plan to chip away at the law piece by piece, starting with redefining full-time work in a way that could affect health coverage for 1 million people.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell yesterday said they want to rewrite the Affordable Care Act so employers could avoid providing health coverage to workers who put in less than 40 hours a week -- up from the law’s current 30-hour threshold.