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Signaling a growing rift between some unions and the White House over the Affordable Care Act, the Nevada State AFL-CIO passed a stinging resolution Wednesday that criticized the administration for its handling of their concerns with the health care reform law. The resolution claims the law could end up “destroying” the unions’ multi-employer health plans if the administration doesn’t come up with a regulatory fix.
“[O]ur union members and their families originally offered strong political and moral support for the promise of the Affordable Care Act because it would expand health care coverage for more Americans,” the resolution read. But when it came to dealing with the unions’ concerns, “the Administration has postured on proposals to address the problem, but no proposal to date will actually solve the problem. Our health plans only get worse.”
Several unions — UNITE HERE, the United Food and Commercial Workers and the Teamsters — have already voiced their worries that the law will undermine their multi-employer health care plans, known as Taft-Hartley plans. But Wednesday’s resolution formalizes a major state labor federation’s grievances just ahead of the AFL-CIO’s national convention next month — and just as the White House prepares for the law’s rollout amid attacks from the right.