Yesterday the small company I work for unveiled details of the new Health Plan that we're going to in November. It will save our company money, but it does this by limiting coverages, raising deductables, adding exclusions, and most importantly increasing copay amounts for prescriptions. From my point of view, our new Health Plan is great as long as no one actually needs to use it. It made me break down and cry. A lot.
Perhaps other employees (mostly engineers) can adsorb a $45 - 90 monthly increase in prescription costs, but I, and many more in my wage bracket, and lower, just don't have it. Our disposable income has been long gone and we've been cutting costs for years. Personally I haven't had a raise in about 4 years yet have had to adsorb two increases in rent and other increases during this time, plus taking on more work at my company.
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