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CreekDog

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4. i'd ask what the overall premium is

Reply to nobodyspecial (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 08:15 PM

Jan 2013

and compare it from year to year.

if the employer and employee share increase at the same rate, they may have a point --to be blamed on the insurance companies.

if not, then there may be cost shifting which is really a savings for the employer.

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A growing problem: Employers screwing workers and blaming it on Obamacare. [View all] nobodyspecial Jan 2013 OP

Call bullshit on them. Panasonic Jan 2013 #1

problem is, they already know it's BS 0rganism Jan 2013 #9

The way you counter any of this stuff-via social media, Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #2

I blow hot and cold on this. bemildred Jan 2013 #3

maddening, idnit Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #8

Yeah. Definitely. bemildred Jan 2013 #11

i'd ask what the overall premium is CreekDog Jan 2013 #4

It would have to go with your last reason based on the fact that LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #6

These companies have been trying to figure out glowing Jan 2013 #5

Planned destruction. Chan790 Jan 2013 #7

The long game here has always been to choke off employer-purchased health insurance Recursion Jan 2013 #10

My husbands company Robyn66 Jan 2013 #12

SUE the crap out of them! BanTheGOP Jan 2013 #13