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McDonald's, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers

Thirty companies and organizations, including McDonald's (MCD) and Jack in the Box (JACK), won't be required to raise the minimum annual benefit included in low-cost health plans, which are often used to cover part-time or low-wage employees.

The Department of Health and Human Services, which provided a list of exemptions, said it granted waivers in late September so workers with such plans wouldn't lose coverage from employers who might choose instead to drop health insurance altogether.

It is a bad day when the government chooses winners and losers. Yes, the employes get to keep insurance they would otherwise not have( for now), but we will all lose in the end when the government says the law is for everyone, unless they say otherwise. We are a nation of laws for everyone, and when one segment, or company is singled out for punishment or favor, we circumvent that law It is one of the reasons we fought a war against the British a few hundred years ago, because not all citizens were treated equally.