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In response to "ST Poll -- Guess how much my health insurance premium deductions are going up next year? -- nm" by znufrii

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Posted by znufrii Oct 15 '09, 09:44

increasing from $81.87 per pay period to $146.79, before credits.

so, an upwards of a 75% increase in my share, and they no longer show the company's share.

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so you company basically decides how much tax you pay? - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:47 12
- this isn't taxes -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:47 11
  - you can call it a lot of things doesn't change it in real life -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:52 10
    - You're the one calling it something it isn't in order, it seems, to make it sound worse. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 10:03 1
      - can't make it sound worse in a 1st world country i think -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 10:05
    - perhaps this is a translation problem? -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:58 7
      - i doub't that severly - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 10:02 6
        
        unfortunately, in this country there isn't the consensus that this is a service the government "ought to provide" -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 10:14
        
        (plus if it was a tax, it would be way less.) - Andie Oct 15, 10:05
        
        the government is not charging this money, his employer is. his employer pays for part of his health insurance he pays the rest. - Andie Oct 15, 10:04 3
        
        it only means the goverment has abondoned it's duties to provide basic services to the people - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 10:08 1
        
        Food is a basic necessity, but that's not provided by the government -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 10:19
        
        what Andie said. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 10:07
They've got to figure out some way to keep paying those bonuses -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:47
and I'll get about $29 back in credits each paycheck. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:46 4
- new credits? -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 09:47 3
  - yup. $150 for not smoking, and $200 for taking the health assessment. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:48 2
    - *awards self victory for 50%* -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 09:48 1
      - take it, you earned it. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:49
what was the company share before? -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 09:46 2
- Don't recall exactly, I want to say around 70%, down from about 75% the year prior -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:47 1
  - (but last year, overall premiums decreased as well) -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:50
So, it's a safe guess that your company is decreasing the share they pay? -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 09:46 2
- that's what they did last year, though not nearly as drastically. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:47
- as a percentage, absolutely. in raw dollars, probably a little, but not by much if at all. -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 09:47

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