[Red_Devil 232]

My wife works for Walmart, asst. Manager, and our healthcare and dental insurance costs have been rising every year. It seems that when she gets a raise the healthcare/dental increase costs eat up the raise. I wonder how long before Walmart will continue to offer insurance?

[Morris70]

A few years ago my raise equaled the $2000 increase In premiums plus my prescription meds. Plus office visits tripled and an annual test that was 100 percent covered went to no longer covered. Ended up being pay cut afterwards.

[The Antiyuppie]

“My wife works for Walmart, asst. Manager, and our healthcare and dental insurance costs have been rising every year. It seems that when she gets a raise the healthcare/dental increase costs eat up the raise. I wonder how long before Walmart will continue to offer insurance?”

I think that this is the same story everywhere.

Hard to believe that 25 years ago my wife and I insured each other FOR FREE, and there was no “Coordination of Benefits”. We would have had a hard time spending money on health care even if we needed it!

So, whatever you make, consider this. I don’t have as much in my pocket as I did 25 years ago including this and general inflation, and I was “starting out” then...

[MarkL]

The entire reason for Obamacare is to first make insurance unaffordable for companies to offer it as a benefit (I've seen projections to prepare for up to a 30% rate increase in 2014, when the majority of Obamacare kicks in) or employees to be able to afford it on their own, and eventually put the insurance carriers out of business. The eventual goal is for the government to take over providing health care.

I told my step-mother the other night that with Obamacare, she's supporting putting the same people in charge of the hurricane Sandy recovery in charge of her healthcare (both of her children are STILL without power at their homes!)

Mark