Certainly not your employer as most people tend to think.
Those of you fortunate enough to have health benefits through an
employer plan should be thankful. Why should your employer have to
pay premiums for and include your dependents on their policy?
Your dependents are not your employer’s responsibility. They’re
yours.
Certainly not your employer as most people tend to think.
Those of you fortunate enough to have health benefits through an employer plan should be thankful. Why should your employer have to pay premiums for and include your dependents on their policy?
Your dependents are not your employer’s responsibility. They’re yours.
As a rule, if you’re employed by any government agency, your individual premiums are paid in full by that agency, or more accurately, the taxpayers as taxpayers support government. A portion of your dependent’s premiums are paid by taxpayers.
Why is it you choose to ignore the difference between life’s luxuries and necessities?
Why is it that some don’t have any problem paying for luxuries such as a new home, new SUVs, boats, gardeners, dinner out, vacations and golf tournaments just to name a few?
Ever hear of a not so new home, vehicle, cancel gardeners, dinner out, vacations and golf tournaments, and you have plenty of cash for insurance necessities.
The people I feel for are people on fixed incomes such as seniors who depend on Social Security to fiance their retirement. Social Security is about $800 per month. From that amount, deduct $58.70 per month for Medicare plus about $250 per month for supplemental insurance (if you can afford it) and what’s left is $491.30 to live on for the month.
I’m talking about paying utilities, groceries, vehicle expense, medication, clothes and saving for property taxes, all necessities in life.
Do you think these people have any extra cash for luxuries?
Why don’t you try and live on $491.30 per month to see how far you get.
Working people, quit complaining about who’s responsible for your health premiums. Step to the plate, take responsibility.
Noreen Martin, Hollister
