In an impromptu focus group we recently did with college students, one student said:
In the beginning a lot of people on campus were talking about it [the Affordable Care Act]. Then it became a joke, and it just seemed to die away. It’s not a hot topic anymore.
A recent IBD editorial,
Professors Suddenly Don't Like Obamacare Either, may explain why the campus has gone silent about Obamacare:
After years of singing the praises of universal health care, college professors are now shocked at how badly it has turned out — for them.
Adjunct professors are steamed at the way their employers are interpreting the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate, which forces them to cover full-time but not part-time workers. Typical of liberals, they blame their employers instead of the job-killing law they supported.
Starting Jan. 1, ObamaCare makes employers offer all full-time workers health insurance or pay a fine. In response, hundreds of colleges have simply cut instructors' course loads to dodge coverage. Others are thinking about laying off untenured faculty by the thousands. [snip]
The American Association of University Professors says it's "dismayed" by the ObamaCare-tied cutbacks, calling them "reprehensible." A Stark State College adjunct professor facing cuts at his Ohio institution whines that it should cover part-time workers, too. "It goes against the spirit of the law," says the English prof.
Complained another adjunct: "The university canceled one of my courses. The reason was to avoid having to give me any benefits due to the Affordable Care Act."
Welcome to the real world.
