increasing health insurance premiums
Melzombie
Charleston, SC Posts: 200
My boss just told everyone this morning that our (already expensive) health insurance premiums are going up 20%.
Co-Pays are going up by $5 and prescriptions are slightly higher.
I wonder how much this is COVID related. I'm already barely able to afford it.
anyone seen any increases yet?
Co-Pays are going up by $5 and prescriptions are slightly higher.
I wonder how much this is COVID related. I'm already barely able to afford it.
anyone seen any increases yet?
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I have my "open enrollment" period starting tomorrow for the plan year that starts July 1. My rates for the new plan year are actually going to be $20 less a month than this past year for the same coverage. I expect that next year we will see an increase but my employer already locked in the rates for this coming year. I suppose I'm lucky that I am in a larger, self-insured pool and rates are not as bad as someone in a smaller business.
Struggling with COVID-19 my ass, they are struggling to keep attention away from their stock buybacks and and corporate bonuses.
Fuck 'em all.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Get ready for teacher strikes in Denver again, guess they didn’t learn their lesson 2 years ago
There are no kings inside the gates of eden
There are no kings inside the gates of eden
Look at how govt run healthcare is doing in the States....the VA is the prime example and is a tire fire.
I'd rather go to Mexico or the DR for treatment vs going to a VA.
Just like SSA, Medicare, SNAP, IRS, etc...
Republicans constantly under fund and put up bureaucratic road blocks around any/all public programs
Then they can point to it and say: "see, public programs never work!"
Never mind Republicans are the ones who keep them from actually being functional in the first place.
It's not the VA that's a tire fire. It's the Republican party.
In spite of this:
"Despite all of our nation’s foibles and short-comings, our Veterans Administration, in general, is not shirking its duties to the veteran. We may have our differences as to the treatment of diseases from toxic chemicals, and the need for more support for PTSD, but these are being remedied by legal proceedings and the appeals process as frustrating as that is to those in the position of being denied benefits.
Our veteran benefits are world class by comparison to other countries. Our goal today is to keep the programs intact and not be swallowed up under the bureaucratic maze of budget cut-backs."
https://www.veteranstodayarchives.com/2011/09/14/where-does-our-va-stand-when-compared-to-other-countries/
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-vac/publications-reports/reports/departmental-audit-evaluation/2009-12-nvc/4-4