Hurlshort Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 When it comes to that private plan, do employers have to chip in anything?
Pidesco Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 When it comes to that private plan, do employers have to chip in anything? Have to? Not really, no. In Portugal it's not very uncommon for employers to offer private insurance, but that's a voluntary perk, not an obligation. In Sweden, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it's possible for a company to provide health insurance as part of the collective workers agreement. That doesn't happen with my employer, though. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Hurlshort Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 According to my most recent pay stub, my employer paid $2000 last month and I paid $883. I also contributed $106 to Medicare. What a racket. I still get medical bills as well. Heck, basic dental work for the kids costs me a few hundred dollars every 6 months.
Pidesco Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Dental care for everyone under 24 or 25, is completely free here in Sweden. My oldest has missing teeth and two teeth yet to come down that are currently horizontal, (her mouth X-ray looks like it was made by Dalí) and it's a gigantic boon that I won't have to pay anything for that. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Hurlshort Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 I think braces will cost me a few thousand dollars.
ShadySands Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 I think braces will cost me a few thousand dollars. This is true freedom 3 Free games updated 3/4/21
Malcador Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Well same up here, dental and vision have to be covered with private insurance. Rough to have kids on employer plans, one had a max dental of $1000. Ah vagaries. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/17/trump-isis-giving-up-243870 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Agiel Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Trump's seeming indifference to the 41 and counting deaths in the NorCal fires doesn't bode well for the people of South Korea. Edited October 17, 2017 by Agiel Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Gfted1 Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 ~7200 people die per day in the US. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
ShadySands Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Still it's uncouth to not pretend to care Free games updated 3/4/21
Hurlshort Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 It's also billions of dollars in devastation, which I would think would be Trump's language.
HoonDing Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Fake news. Trump called every family of someone who’s died. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Malcador Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 ~7200 people die per day in the US. But it is sort of a requirement for him to care and comment in his position. Lord knows he runs his mouth over everything else, so not as if his words are a precious commodity to spent miserly. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
majestic Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 When it comes to that private plan, do employers have to chip in anything? No, but they have to partake in the public plan - costs vary between nations and are usually shared by the employee and the employer. It's not all medical costs but also other types of insurance (e.g. workplace accidents or unemployment), paid sickleave, vacations and last but not least pensions. How much that is depends on the nations and vocations - some high risk jobs come with larger insurance costs (but usually at the employer's end, what with us being commies and all). There are companies offering additional benefits. The place I work at offers a tax free additional pension plan where a certain amount of money is deducted each month from my income before taxes, free use of the nearby tennis courts and uhm some hokum voodoo stuff like shiatsu massages. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Gfted1 Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Theres a similar retirement program in the US called 401(k). In this case however, your employer will match your contribution usually up to around 6%. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
redneckdevil Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Only thing is isn't California always on fire though?
smjjames Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Not ALWAYS, but yes, we have a fire season for a reason. Seems like this years fire season has been particularily bad.
Gfted1 Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 ^It must be a factor of " number of lives were lost in one event" kind of thing as thousands of people die every day and nobody cares or comments. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
ShadySands Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Only thing is isn't California always on fire though? According to this site California seems to have the worst property damage but Texas gets more fires and Oklahoma had the most land burned Free games updated 3/4/21
smjjames Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Only thing is isn't California always on fire though? According to this site California seems to have the worst property damage but Texas gets more fires and Oklahoma had the most land burned We're coming off a multi-year drought, but then we had the really hot summer which didn't help things either. The fact that we have a large population and heavy urbanization is also a factor in the property damage. This article explains the various factors that lead up to the fact that we have so high property damage here in California as far as fires go.
Malcador Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-travel-ban-hawaii-20171017-story.html Ah, pesky Hawaiian judges. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Watson’s order, issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the state of Hawaii, a Honolulu-based mosque, its imam and two state residents who have relatives in the affected countries, stops the government from enforcing the new restrictions on travel from all of the nations except North Korea and Venezuela. Activist judge gonna activist. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
redneckdevil Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Hooray for the Hawaii judges for stopping these bans, I'm so sure the next time we have a democrat president and we wont have to worry about having republican judges start stalemating where the Senate can't, you tic for tac. Sadly these games will be justified because someone else started playing them first, and just because you don't wanna play anymore, doesn't mean u can stop others from playing. ****in politics Edited October 17, 2017 by redneckdevil
smjjames Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Watson’s order, issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the state of Hawaii, a Honolulu-based mosque, its imam and two state residents who have relatives in the affected countries, stops the government from enforcing the new restrictions on travel from all of the nations except North Korea and Venezuela. Activist judge gonna activist. The travel ban is really blatantly political and not based on any sort of actual threat. That compounded with the way that the admin has been touting it before and the way it was done previously doesn't help them. Hooray for the Hawaii judges for stopping these bans, I'm so sure the next time we have a democrat president and we wont have to worry about having republican judges start stalemating where the Senate can't, you tic for tac. Sadly these games will be justified because someone else started playing them first, and just because you don't wanna play anymore, doesn't mean u can stop others from playing. ****in politics Pretty sure some Republican judges did the same thing under Obama for ACA....
Chilloutman Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 and there I thought judges should be apolitical - sarcasm I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
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