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You didn't like the percentages so here are the actual numbers. My contribution went from 85$ to $115 every 2 weeks (in 2002). In 2003 it will go up to $139. Once again, I'm not complaining and am very happy to be getting a 3.1% pay hike, it's just that I'm not going to be seeing hardly any increase in take home pay. Perhaps in DC there are a lot of useless paper pushers at GS 12 and above but at the VA where I work only a small percentage make those kind of salaries. Of course I am constantly harrassed by my 3 duplicate supervisors and endless QI people who have highpaying jobs but don't do anything but keep me from getting my work done...

Thanks. %wise, looks like yours wemt up sbout the same as mine. Mine went from 120 to 149 for 2003, and I have a private health insurance plan.

One thing you may want to consider is that health care is included in the inflation numbers already. So if they say inflation increased at a 2.5% rate, health care is included in that. So where one item (health care) went up, other items included in the cost of living decreased.