06-18-2009, 01:22 PM
chuysmom - What would be better? The possibility of losing your job or getting a pay cut?
In the private sector, health care costs have been going up dramatically over the last 10 years. I watched mine go from 100% paid by employer to nearly $150 per week for family coverage. Our companies' CEO even had the Socialist view that the more one makes, the more they "can afford" to pay for their own health care. What this meant was that low paid employees got free health care and starting at 50k you had to pay a portion, 75k a bigger portion, etc., and by 150k, you had to pay all of it. (I did not make 150k)
Private sector employees are at the mercy of their CEO and market forces. There is no guarantee of continued employment, guaranteed pensions and benefits with cost of living adjustments, etc.
In the private sector, health care costs have been going up dramatically over the last 10 years. I watched mine go from 100% paid by employer to nearly $150 per week for family coverage. Our companies' CEO even had the Socialist view that the more one makes, the more they "can afford" to pay for their own health care. What this meant was that low paid employees got free health care and starting at 50k you had to pay a portion, 75k a bigger portion, etc., and by 150k, you had to pay all of it. (I did not make 150k)
Private sector employees are at the mercy of their CEO and market forces. There is no guarantee of continued employment, guaranteed pensions and benefits with cost of living adjustments, etc.