Posted on 08/25/2021 7:35:19 AM PDT by Stravinsky
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian notified employees Wednesday that they will face $200 monthly increases on their health insurance premiums starting Nov. 1 if they aren't vaccinated against Covid-19, citing steep costs to cover employees who are hospitalized with the virus.
Unvaccinated employees will face other restrictions, including indoor masking effective immediately and weekly Covid-19 tests starting Sept. 12 the Atlanta-based airline said in announcing new Covid policies for employees.
The measures are the latest attempt by a U.S. corporation to drive up Covid vaccination rates. Delta stopped short of an outright mandate like rival United Airlines established earlier this month. The airline, which self insures its employees, stands out in its plans to raise premiums for unvaccinated workers to cover the higher costs of insuring employees who get Covid.
"The average hospital stay for COVID-19 has cost Delta $40,000 per person," Bastian said in an employee memo. "This surcharge will be necessary to address the financial risk the decision to not vaccinate is creating for our company. In recent weeks since the rise of the B.1.617.2 variant, all Delta employees who have been hospitalized with COVID were not fully vaccinated."
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What about being gay? Their health costs are far higher than normal people.
Since vaccinated can still get covid, if you have natural immunity DO YOU GET A $200 PER MONTH DISCOUNT??!
Only a small price to pay to keep up the vax protest./sarc
Arbitrary and capricious lawsuit would be a winner since natural immunity is not being considered.
Alexander Hamilton was so right when he said, "People get the government they deserve." You deserve this current government.
When when they start shutting off our cell service because we are not vaccinated you will be on this forum commenting "Start tour own phone company."
Pathetic.
This will be expanded to seasonal flu shots.
Delta appears to have about 74,000 full time employees.
That comes to about $14,800,000.00 a month.
$177,600,000.00 a year.
How many Delta employees are actually in the hospital FOR covid?
I bet Delta will not say.
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Normally we could expect a big fight from the Delta unions, but not now.
>>You pay higher rates if you smoke. I don’t see the issue.<<
So you don’t see an issue with woke corps marching in lock step with the leftist in D.C.?
Uh..ok.
A virus tax - ouch
Ah, so blacks get charged more for insurance? Civil rights lawsuit, anyone?
No. Some companies already charge higher premiums for smokers. This isn't any different.
It's always been that way.
That’s life insurance not health insurance - if we start down this path with health insurance, people could be charged based on their BMI, etc
Like most covid tyrannies, there are precedents for this in the smoking world. Commiecare allows premium hikes on smokers and employers can discriminate based on whether or not you’re a smoker.
You are aware we're talking about a corporation and not the government? Shouldn't something like this be a matter for the corporation decide? Or would you have the government mandate how they will handle their benefits package for their employees?
Immorality against the non compliant will grow steadily worse.
These are probably the two most costly demographic cohorts in any group health plan.
“Shouldn’t something like this be a matter for the corporation decide? Or would you have the government mandate how they will handle their benefits package for their employees?”
The Lobby. $$$
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