Muscatine

I pay 10% of my earnings toward Health, Dental, Vision and a 401k.

 I guess that some might not have read my response correctly!  I had stated that over 50% of my pension would have been going for insurance, had I not  again, went to work, fulltime!  I retired 3 years ago, that is 2 years before President Obama was elected to Office.  He had nothing to do with my insurance plight!  Shackman.

My daddy always told me, "You don't get nothing for nothing". Trust me, Obama will make you and all of us, pay dearly.

I guess that I am one of the fortunate people in the insurance program but it did not just happen it was planned. It all started in 1958 when we chose insurance coverage instead of a raise and this practice was continued through the years several times, not every year. The majority of our raises came from the COLA  ( cost of living adjustments) over the years.

Our insurance a HMO plan covers medical, dental,vision, as well as prescription drugs with a $ 10.00 co pay per prescription. When we went on Medicare they picked up 98% of the premium because of their reduction in payments.

The cost is $ 2.00 per month voluntary union dues and we just ratified a new 6 year contract with a few increased benefits.

We hard to fight hard for this as a few of the people wanted the money in their pockets, but we succeeded in our goal of taking care of everyone especially the retirees.