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And finally, the no health care provided is unacceptable If the salary really is higher to compensate, I'd count that as a plus. Having an individual policy no
by orangecat 15y ago
And finally, the no health care provided is unacceptable
If the salary really is higher to compensate, I'd count that as a plus. Having an individual policy not tied to your job is much better.
- gensym 15y agoRarely. If you're young, single, have never been sick, and need just a catastrophic plan, perhaps. Otherwise, without the benefit of an employer to negotiate a group rate, you get screwed, rate-wise.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoAssuming you can even get coverage, which is all but impossible for individual plans.
- donw 15y agoGetting an individual policy in the US is almost impossible, and amazingly expensive otherwise. I currently have a US healthcare plan that covers emergency care only (I live in Japan, so this isn't a big deal). This means it doesn't cover things like 'seeing a doctor' or 'getting antibiotics for a lung infection', which is why I need to cut a check to the urgent care center I visited a few months ago when I was in-country. Fortunately, the total bill was only about $150. For this amazing service, I -- pardon the pun -- cough up $120 a month to Blue Cross. For a health care plan that, by and large, does not cover health care. This is more than the cost of full coverage through the national healthcare system in Japan. Should I desire a comprable plan, I'm looking at somewhere between $500 and $1000 per month. I'm healthy, thirty years old, don't smoke, am not overweight, and exercise regularly. If I wasn't any of those things, the numbers would be worse. So, no, healthcare is mandatory for any company I work for in the US.
- nandemo 15y ago> This is more than the cost of full coverage through the national healthcare system in Japan. Wait, what? I'm curious how you can manage to pay $120 for full coverage in Japan. I'm currently unemployed and will have to pay Y45000 (almost U$600) a month for national healthcare. When I was working I had private insurance provided by the company and of course the company paid part of it, but my share was still way over Y10000.