[MelonFarmerJ]

Teacher's health insurance is not as good

You can't be serious! Teachers (I know, I was one) generally have the finest medical and dental care in the nation. No deductibles, no co-pays, no HMO's, no hassles, any doctor, any time. Its worth tens of thousands of dollars a year and as far as I can tell wasn't even factored in to the article's computations. The don't call it Cadillac health for nothing.

[Mr J]

Plus a fat pension. :-\

[moog]

You can't be serious! Teachers (I know, I was one) generally have the finest medical and dental care in the nation. No deductibles, no co-pays, no HMO's, no hassles, any doctor, any time. Its worth tens of thousands of dollars a year and as far as I can tell wasn't even factored in to the article's computations. The don't call it Cadillac health for nothing.

My brother worked for 1 year as a high school teacher and had horrible health insurance (and yes, he did pay for it). It was not as easy a job as he thought, though he did enjoy the kids. It depends on the area. My dental insurance was horrible for many years, but has been okay the last couple of years.