[quote=afx114]Theoretically, bringing more young into the system should drive down costs for everybody. The young don’t use insurance as much as the old, so if there are more under-25s buying into the system (on their parent’s account), there are more people putting money into the insurance pool than without this new provision. Theoretically, I said. Because whether or not the insurance companies pass on these savings to all of us remains to be seen. My guess is that it won’t happen unless regulations require it. But that would be tyranny, right?[/quote]
Hmmm. I’m just wondering though..If that’s the case, why did comapany insurances then explicitly limit dependent care coverage. IF bringing more people into a system actually reduces cost overall, it seems like companies should encourage people to sign up more dependent care folks, which clearly isn’t the case…
My understanding of how this works is the following. The “premium” one pays at a company is just a fraction of the cost of the insurance payments to ensure that person. The other part which is the larger of the two are is the 75%+ portion comping from the company itself. So doesn’t insuring one more person, just cost the company providing the insurance more…If so, do companies really just eat the cost or does it really just pass the cost on down to everyone else with higher premiums? (I think it’s the later, judging by all the letters I’m getting from our benefits office)…
