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In reply to the discussion: The nation's large self-insured employers are beginning to abandon their health benefit programs [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)45. You and I both.
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The nation's large self-insured employers are beginning to abandon their health benefit programs [View all]
eridani
Sep 2012
OP
As predicted, & entirely predictable. K&R. And I'll guess what some of the fallout will be
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#1
and a lot of McCanne's points had already been brought up by DUers on that thread n/t
antigop
Sep 2012
#10
Well, the silver lining is that this might provide the impetus for a second round of reform.
Selatius
Sep 2012
#11
I don't know about the other co., but Sears is in trouble financially, so that's probably what that
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#12
It is exactly like a 401k--a switch from defined benefits to defined contribution
eridani
Sep 2012
#14
$5k won't buy an ins policy for a year. Not a decent one. My state won't have exchanges...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#19
Where I work, three years ago when we were bought out, employees paid about $39 a week
DainBramaged
Sep 2012
#20
Why should jobs pay for people's health care in the way that it is currently given?
glowing
Sep 2012
#21
"Because it isn't making it worse"? If you earn just $20K a year THIS RAISES YOUR living expenses by
Zalatix
Sep 2012
#44
If you earn $20k a year, you had absolutely no chance of buying health insurance before.
jeff47
Sep 2012
#52
...and the existing regimen of cost-sharing/cost-avoidance has been a part of the problem
bhikkhu
Sep 2012
#38
I'm not even convinced an employer healthcare mutiny would be bad thing
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Sep 2012
#53