private health insurance...
 

....through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?

private health insurance...
 

Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.

private health insurance...
 

On 4/9/20 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.


Ahh, yes, the furloughed employee with limited income. Have you priced
COBRA?

private health insurance...
 

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/20 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.


Ahh, yes, the furloughed employee with limited income. Have you priced
COBRA?


Used it at one time.

private health insurance...
 

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/20 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.


Ahh, yes, the furloughed employee with limited income. Have you priced
COBRA?


About 10% higher than the company was paying.

private health insurance...
 

On 4/9/20 4:11 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/20 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.


Ahh, yes, the furloughed employee with limited income. Have you priced
COBRA?


About 10% higher than the company was paying.


Last I saw, the average cost for COBRA family coverage was about $15,000
a year. That's a big hit for a laid-off worker with limited income. We
might have 25% of the workforce laid off temporarily and a huge
percentage laid off permanently. There is going to be really strong
pressure for a decent universal coverage health insurance program.

private health insurance...
 

On 9 Apr 2020 18:20:48 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote:


...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?

COBRA is still going to be pretty good if you were actually laid off
(18 months) but if you are just furloughed, you probably stay on your
employer's plan.

private health insurance...
 

On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 20:11:06 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/20 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.


Ahh, yes, the furloughed employee with limited income. Have you priced
COBRA?


About 10% higher than the company was paying.

But about what the company was paying plus your contribution.

private health insurance...
 

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:22:38 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

The workers *vote*
on how much per hour they want to pay into their health care and pension
programs, within the parameters advised by their trustees

Yeah the Soviets used to vote for their leaders too but the results
were printed long before the balloting started.

private health insurance...
 

On 4/10/20 2:33 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:22:38 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

The workers *vote*
on how much per hour they want to pay into their health care and pension
programs, within the parameters advised by their trustees

Yeah the Soviets used to vote for their leaders too but the results
were printed long before the balloting started.


Union members aren't likely to vote to eliminate their health and
welfare programs.

private health insurance...
 

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:58:28 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/10/20 2:33 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:22:38 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

The workers *vote*
on how much per hour they want to pay into their health care and pension
programs, within the parameters advised by their trustees

Yeah the Soviets used to vote for their leaders too but the results
were printed long before the balloting started.


Union members aren't likely to vote to eliminate their health and
welfare programs.

They also don't have a lot of control over what they pay for them.
Unions pass on the cost they pay for benefits, plus their overhead.

private health insurance...
 

On 4/12/20 12:51 AM, wrote:

So the good Doctor is a non-union person living off the sweat of
bricklayers and Harry is sucking on that tit too with free insurance.
I bet he doesn't have a union card either. Sweet to be them.


Nice try, bozo, but of course you are wrong in your post, except, of
course, it is "sweet" to be us...and not you, oh mighty builder of tacky
tiki bars and rickety bridges.

private health insurance...
 

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/20 12:51 AM, wrote:

So the good Doctor is a non-union person living off the sweat of
bricklayers and Harry is sucking on that tit too with free insurance.
I bet he doesn't have a union card either. Sweet to be them.


Nice try, bozo, but of course you are wrong in your post, except, of
course, it is "sweet" to be us...and not you, oh mighty builder of tacky
tiki bars and rickety bridges.


Well, the mighty builder seems to have a happy life with a non union
pension.

private health insurance...
 

On 4/12/20 1:15 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/20 12:51 AM, wrote:

So the good Doctor is a non-union person living off the sweat of
bricklayers and Harry is sucking on that tit too with free insurance.
I bet he doesn't have a union card either. Sweet to be them.


Nice try, bozo, but of course you are wrong in your post, except, of
course, it is "sweet" to be us...and not you, oh mighty builder of tacky
tiki bars and rickety bridges.


Well, the mighty builder seems to have a happy life with a non union
pension.


Enthralling, to be sure.

private health insurance...
 

On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:06:55 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/12/20 12:51 AM, wrote:

So the good Doctor is a non-union person living off the sweat of
bricklayers and Harry is sucking on that tit too with free insurance.
I bet he doesn't have a union card either. Sweet to be them.


Nice try, bozo, but of course you are wrong in your post, except, of
course, it is "sweet" to be us...and not you, oh mighty builder of tacky
tiki bars and rickety bridges.

You are always bragging about your union benefits and now we know
which union it is. Are you the brick layer or is it your wife?

private health insurance...
 

On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:51:08 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/12/20 1:15 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/20 12:51 AM, wrote:

So the good Doctor is a non-union person living off the sweat of
bricklayers and Harry is sucking on that tit too with free insurance.
I bet he doesn't have a union card either. Sweet to be them.


Nice try, bozo, but of course you are wrong in your post, except, of
course, it is "sweet" to be us...and not you, oh mighty builder of tacky
tiki bars and rickety bridges.


Well, the mighty builder seems to have a happy life with a non union
pension.


Enthralling, to be sure.
I am pretty happy not being in debt and not riding a bus downtown to
work.