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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.