Over Half of All Obamacare Waivers Given to Union Members

Published May 16, 2011 12:20pm ET



In what is fast becoming a weekly event, the Obama administration granted 200 more companies waivers from the Democrats’ sweeping health care law in the Friday night news dump. That brings the number of companies receiving waivers to 1,372. (You can get a full list of the companies exempted here.)

Not surprisingly, it helps to be a Democratic ally when seeking a waiver. The Republican Policy Committee reports that over half of the workers that have been exempted so far belong to unions:

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