Yeah. It typically costs something surprisingly close to $295 per _month_ to provide health care to an _individual_ (no spouse/domestic partner/child coverage there). I can't imagine companies saying ``we'll spend $3600/yr so that we don't have to pay the government $300/mo''
The $300/mo should come down if we can successfully get the people who pay for health insurance to not end up having to pay for both themselves and the poeple who don't pay for health insurance (which _is_ what happens now), but still...
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Date: 2006-04-08 07:27 pm (UTC)The $300/mo should come down if we can successfully get the people who pay for health insurance to not end up having to pay for both themselves and the poeple who don't pay for health insurance (which _is_ what happens now), but still...