Cristy Li

ObamaCare Call Centers Hiring P/T Workers No Health Ins Benefits –Image: Political Follies

(National Review) In order to ensure that Americans understand how to access the benefits available to them when many provisions of ObamaCare go online October 01, the Obama Administration announced last month, that it is setting up a call center that will be accessible to Americans 24 hours a day.

One branch of those call centers is located in California, where reportedly 7,000 people applied for 204 jobs according to the Contra Costa Times however about half of those jobs are part-time with no health care benefits–a stinging disappointment to workers and local politicians that believed the positions would be full-time.

One recent hire who last week learned the job would only be part-time said that the new “intermittent” employees feel like they’ve been used as a political tool and many now regret applying for the (ObamaCare Call Center) jobs.

“What’s really ironic is working for a call center and trying to help people get health care but we can’t afford it ourselves,” said the ObamaCare Call Center worker, who asked for anonymity for fear of losing the job.

The new hires, many of who left other full-time jobs for the ObamaCare Call Center  positions were told they were ‘the cream of the crop’ the recent hire said.

Orientation and training started this month but abruptly stopped on the 18th July, when employees were told they would have private meetings about their positions, the employees said.

“It reminded me of that George Clooney movie where he goes around the country firing people (Up in the Air),” the Woman said, “I know you were led to believe you would be full-time but things have changed…You are actually part-time intermittent.”

The ObamaCare Call Center worker said no clear reasons for the change were given.

Those who became part-time were told they would have to pay ‘full freight’  for their Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare health care plans ranging from $600 to $1200 per month for a single worker and between $1400 to $2900 a month for an employee with a family.

That is a steep bill for employees with part-time jobs paying from $15.33 to $18.63  an hour.