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Employers shifting health-care costs to workers, survey shows
Washington Post ^
| 9/2/10
| David S. Hilzenrath
Posted on 09/02/2010 12:57:10 PM PDT by Nachum
Amid high unemployment and a weak economy, employers have been shifting health care costs to workers, according to a study released Thursday. The premiums that employees pay for employer-sponsored family coverage rose an average of 13.7 percent this year, while the amount that employers contribute fell by 0.9 percent, the survey found. For family coverage, workers are paying an average of $3,997, up $482 from last year, while employers are paying an average of $9,773, down $87, according to the survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; costs; employers; healthcare; kaiserhealth; obamacare; shifting; zerocare
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You employers better not... or Obama will sue.
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posted on
09/02/2010 12:57:15 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
Totally by design. Put the burden on workers and then watch them come out with a plan to “relieve” the burden.... government health care.
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posted on
09/02/2010 12:59:58 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: Nachum
Except, of course, public sector unions. Because they are special...
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:00:51 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Nachum
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: GeronL
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:02:50 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Nachum
Well, where did these people think the cost would shifted to? Are they idiots? People pay taxes not business. Business is just another element in the tax machine. Kill the machine by accepting individual responsibility and you free yourself, your family and your future.
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:03:26 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:03:42 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: reaganite1976
“Employers shifting health-care costs to workers, survey shows”
Nope, didn’t see this one coming. Anyone?
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:03:46 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Remember March 23, 1775. Remember March 23, 2010)
To: Nachum
The joke is, beneficiaries have been paying for their own health care all along. Kaiser is part of the institutionale fog that masks that fact.
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:04:46 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:05:08 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:06:09 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
To: TruthHound
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:06:53 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Pay migrated to fringe benefits as they were not taxed.
Should they become taxable as ordinary income, the trend will be to avoid the hassle of administering fringes and let them molder into nothingness.
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:13:17 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Nachum
Have a reply to this but due to the nature of my reply will need to be out of the office and at home.
PING
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:14:07 PM PDT
by
fujimoh
To: 2banana
For family coverage, workers are paying an average of $3,997, up $482 from last year,I'm a federal employee and that is within a few dollars of what I pay for family coverage, PPO, 20% cost share, $5000 catostrophic cap. I don't think my coverage went up that much last year so before that I must have been above average.
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:22:48 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: GeronL
Totally by design. Put the burden on workers and then watch them come out and blame it on the greed of the evil corporations and insurance companies.
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:27:02 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(Part of that 9.5% that's really more like 20%, Let's call it what it is: The Great O-pression)
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