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UPS drops health benefits for 15,000 spouses

By Mark Trumbull

UPS drops health benefits for 15,000 spouses. An Obamacare bellwhether?

UPS cited the impact of Obamacare on health-care costs in announcing the move, which deprives the 15,000 spouses of the option of keeping their current coverage, an Obama promise.

By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer / August 24, 2013

The Christian Science Monitor

A United Parcel Service logo. UPS has told non-union employees their spouses will no longer be eligible for company-sponsored health insurance if they can get coverage through their own jobs, blaming the decision on President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law.

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One of the basic pledges President Obama has made regarding his health-care reforms is that �if you like the plan you have, you can keep it.� It�s also a pledge that could come back to bite, politically.