Well at least my premiums are only going up 5% per pay period. How much you want to bet my salary won't go up 5% this year?
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I was displaced and have not received my 2025 Healthcare Enrollment package either. Tried to call HR and got offshore call center. They are no help....at all. Just say you will receive your packet in 5 - 7 days. So very frustrating!
Oh, look at big shot here only paying 5% more. I got stuck with 12% subsidizing you.
I would rather invest that 6% myself rather than throw it at the government in this underfunded socialism program that only really positively impacts senior citizens who failed to save on their own, and then gets abused by able bodied working age people who just don’t want to work.
First thing ssa.gov asks when I sign in is if I want to apply for disability. The government wants people reliant on it.
I have not received open enrollment info yet.
To all these people saying cut Social Security, you do realise YOU paid into the program and it is YOUR money that is due back to you? Why would you pay 50+ years and not expect to be reimbursed? The government has taken money from SS and used it elsewhere. That is why there is a shortage in funds.
I’m gonna save for my own retirement so I won’t have to rely on social security. These people that rely on it had 70 years to do the same…they could’ve done it too. Obviously don’t cut all their benefits and let them starve, but gradual decrease in benefits and raising age minimums would be a very good thing.
Sorry to ask but has everyone received their open enrollment information?
It is my understanding not everyone has.
Of course you’d be fine cutting social programs as long as it didn't affect you directly - the very definition of a modern republican. We should cut funding to fire departments in your neighborhood so I can save on my taxes since my home is fireproof.
Giving below-inflation raises is just part of how the company has been cutting costs for a decade or so now. It's part of the strategy, and it's very much done on purpose to get you to be unhappy and want to quit.
Meanwhile the US government is warning companies that this strategy opens the door to Chinese spies, because disgruntled employees tend to turn to the Chinese government for money in exchange for information about critical US infrastructure, such as banks.
Proof: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/04/china-spies-targeting-disgruntled-us-workers-counterintelligence-head.html
Once you trumptards accept social security and Medicare, you will be filthy communists. Welcome comrades.
Once Obamacare took off, health care went down in options and up in price. It will only get worse now as time moves forward. Don't ask for what you thought you wanted, because it is here and it is expensive. I did not vote for this, you did.
Thank Obama, before him we had low premiums, $0 deductibles, and $20 copays. Obama forced us all into high deductible plans which are like paying for a discount plan where you can't afford to use health care and bid forbid you have 2 high use years in a row and hit your 10,000 out of pocket max.
12% for family hsa plan non California
Medicare for ALL!!
First responder - my insurance is no where near $50 a pay check, more like 5x that. And last few years I have seen 10% or more increase. Tiny raises are a big deal to me.
OP can’t math but the first respondent can. I’d say OP is just trying to gaslight and cause anger but there is no way they are that smart.
That they do a progressive tax vis benefits pricing is complete BS. As if those with lower pay have lower healthcare burden, all else equal. It’s not the only place this is done, bonuses for example, particularly annoying when no attempt made to handicap : adjust got cost of living.
Who would've thought that Walmart had a better medical plan than WF
WF does not care about its employees
And more doctors are falling from tier 1 to tier 2 in the co pay plan. Not the best insurance.
how high are the deductibles? thats the question.
My wife works at Walmart and our health insurance is far cheaper than Wells Fargo. Walmart has 7x more employees so they have the benefit of scale.
Looks like mine is up a little over 12% , just for me.
Healthcare is just one area that is going up higher than our salary. Add to that all of our other costs like food, daycare, rent, property taxes, and gas. We keep getting further behind.
That’s gotta be nice. Mine went up over 10%! I’m in the HSA for spouse+kids camp at 100-250k income. Such BS how bad you get sc--wed for moving up in income categories. I feel bad for the 500k+ people they pay 50% more than I do even.
Lets say your health benefits are $50 per check, or around $1200/yr, a 5% increase is $60/yr or $2.50 per check. Now if you are making 80K, a 1% raise is $800/yr or $33/check. So even if you only get 1%, its still much more than the increase in the cost of health care. You are comparing apples and oranges, so to speak.