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jenny11.9 Posted: Aug 19, 2003 08:34 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 08:34 AM

health insurance ?

How much of your monthly health coverage does your employer cover?

wacky Posted: Aug 19, 2003 08:59 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 08:59 AM

Re: health insurance ?

at 100%

Fletch Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:06 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:06 AM

Re: health insurance ?

Standard is 50 to 70% but it can vary widely.

Diane Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:08 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:08 AM

Re: health insurance ?

mine is 100%

HeatherandNick Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:08 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:08 AM

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not enough

Teri Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:09 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:09 AM

Re: health insurance ?

are you referring to how much of the monthly fee they pick up for us?

In my Co. it's a sliding scale based on salary. The higher your salary, the more you pay. It's pretty fair.....it's anywhere from $0 - $200+ per month for single coverage I believe.

michele31 Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:39 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:39 AM

Re: health insurance ?

I pay about $40 pre-tax dollars per month for medical, dental and eye care. It is very fair and I have no problems paying that at all.

jennbaby Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:44 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 09:44 AM

Re: health insurance ?

mine 80%

my husbands which I am on too, 100%

Karen H Posted: Aug 19, 2003 10:12 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 10:12 AM

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I'm not sure what percent they are paying, but I pay more now than I've ever paid! When I joined the company almost 2 years ago I had been told that the agreement with the salaried group was that they would offer a PPO but only if the salaried group would pay all increases beyond the first amount that the company was covering (don't know what that is) All I know is that I was paying $44 a WEEK pre-tax for DH and I and it was going to go up to about $78 a week. We were able to keep it down to $57 a week by dropping dental and the enhanced vision package.

VickiC Posted: Aug 19, 2003 11:07 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 11:07 AM

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My company pays 60%. Most of my friends are covered 100%. We're also about to switch - again - for about the 4th time. They keep raising rates, so my company keeps trying to find another health provider that is reasonable.

Cira Posted: Aug 19, 2003 11:25 AM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 11:25 AM

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My company pays 85%. Rob's - just about 100% based on credits. We are on my plan, since I personally think it's better and he has a cash opt-out program. So we get money back from his company which pays for the insurance at mine!!! Pretty good deal!

dgtlsunshine Posted: Aug 19, 2003 12:09 PM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 12:09 PM

Re: health insurance ?

Company pays 80%

yabbobay Posted: Aug 19, 2003 12:20 PM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 12:20 PM

Re: health insurance ?

I know when I had single coverage it was $40/month...when I added DH it went upto $140!!

ddunne23 Posted: Aug 19, 2003 03:15 PM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 03:15 PM

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My company's coverage is a joke! They pay 50%. For a single on the HMO it is $59 a paycheck! If you add on your family it is about $175 a paycheck. So double that for two paychecks a month..and it is not even a PPO! It covers nothing and there are fewer and fewer doctors in the network. Plus there is a $200 deductable before your coverage kicks in!
So needless to say I am on DH and I think they pay about 85%.

KarenK122 Posted: Aug 19, 2003 06:12 PM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 06:12 PM

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I pay about $80 a month for a single and I'm not sure what percentage that is. I have very good coverage though.

My DH's company pays 100% but his coverage ****s and I don't want to switch to it until I have too.

chmlengr Posted: Aug 19, 2003 06:55 PM+

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Posted: Aug 19, 2003 06:55 PM

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We are both on my medical health insurance (Oxford). I also cover us both through dental (Aetna).

My company picks up only 55% of the cost for the Oxford Plan. For the family plan (of which DH and I had to take even though we don't have children), I pay close to $350 per month.

For dental, I pay something like $20 a month.