re: Mark Richt has lost control of Gary Pinkle's players...

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So, now it turns out that the poop swastika was a hoax. Never happened.. This is the greatest soap opera ever! Also turns out that one of the hunger strike guy's listed grievances he was going to starve himself over.....was that miZzzou had cut off healthcare benefits for grad students. Only problem is that the healthcare benefits for grad students were removed by law......due to the new regulations of obamacare... You can't make this shite up.

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The ACA does not prevent Mizzou from insuring its grad students. It restricts them from subsidizing the purchase of on-exchange health plans. Mizzou retains the right to increase their grad students stipend by the same amount, but they chose not to. They could also offer the same health plan options of other employees at Mizzou, they didn't do that either.

This loophole that the IRS is exploiting was not directed specifically at grad students, but that is who it is effecting. The legislators need to fix it and Mizzou should simply increase the stipend to grad students to account for it, at the very least.