[quote=briansd1]There are all kinds of unfairness. We can only work to reduce them.
I personally think that employer provided health care is unfair. And I’d rather see a single payer system funded by income taxes.
For example, John is equally qualified as Jane in every respect. They are paid the same in salary at the same company.
John is single and healthy and his health plan costs the company $200/mo.
Jane has 3 kids and a husband who is a self employed carpenter so he gets his insurance through his wife. Her family’s health plan costs the company $1,200/mo.
Why is Jane making $12,000/year more than John?
If I were John, I should be very upset because I’m doing the same job and getting compensated less.
Jane is also probably getting more “sick” days off because of her kids.[/quote]
Many companies do not pay the full cost of a family health care plan for their employees. Maybe it just applies to non union workers or employees for small companies. The companies that my husband or I have worked for seem to offer to pay approximately what it would cost for the employee for health insurance and if the employee wants family coverage, the employee has to cover the difference.
