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Question about line counts and benefits... - rm

Posted: Jan 30, 2011

The one and only company that I have worked for (at home) made us have to type so many lines in order to get benefits. Is that the same at every company? Thanks for your help!

All the ones I know of. Benefits are very expensive - for an employer to

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provide. If they didn't set minimums, people could do 100 lines a day and get benefits such as PTO, employer contribution to unemployment, access to group medical insurance (heaven forbid!), etc.

RM, a lot of employer behavior is much easier to understand (and sometimes equally hard to figure out) if one keeps in mind that employees are expensive to acquire and expensive to keep. Every employee costs money. Benefit costs are in addition to the direct costs of supervision, training, payroll and other clerical, QA support, tech support, etc., etc. All for-profit businesses are in business to make a profit. Thus, employees have to earn more money for their employers than they cost and wise ones make sure they show up on the right side of the ledger. If they cannot, the wise ones jump before they get pushed, or (too often) starved, out.

Does anyone know of anywhere that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for insurance?nm - rm

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how much value - mt2

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do you place on an arm and a leg?

I contracted for my own individual policy so I'm not at the whim of the MTSO. Decent policy $285/month.

Cost of insurance - Obi Wan

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It all depends on your age and your health status. If you have ANYTHING (and I do mean ANYTHING) in your past history, there is no way they will write a policy for you. You will then have to go to your state high risk pool, if they have one. They typically have very high deductibles (ours is 5K!). The only advantage is that they do pay 80% of extremely expensive medications. But if you have a chronic illness, etc. fudditaboutit as far as getting insurance on your own. Or if you have a kid with, say, asthma, they will balk at that, too. Did you know that an Advair inhaler costs about $250? Good luck, I hope you find something that will help you. Me, I will be retraining for another field. Am disgusted with being kicked under the bus.

Not necessarily true - TT MT 65

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One thing is true, health status. If you are in fairly good health, even if you take medications for BP, cholesterol drugs, in that group, have arthritis then you can get health insurance without much problem, I know this to be true because of my own situation. They check out your medications, and tell you what they will and will not allow. The one thing they balk at is anything related to very serious medical problems; such as kidney dialysis, CHF, any ongoing problems that require surgery. If you are working, have had no serious illnesses within a year of applying for insurance, and your medication history is approved you can get insurance, regardless of age, but your premium may be slightly higer. I have HBP, arthritis and back surgery, but that did not disqualify me for insurance, and all of my medications fell within approval by the insurance company. And, as I said, you have not had any major illnesses or surgeries within the year previous to your applying for insurance.

Any MTSO's that don't charge a lot for insurance? sm - rm

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I'm having a hard time finding one.

Line counts and benefits - xx

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Of course you have to meet a certain minimum to get benefits. It is only fair. It costs the MTSO a lot of money to keep, train, etc. you. Benefits are not (sadly enough) like cookies in a jar. They are very expensive and have to be earned. The other alternative would be for you to buy your own insurance or if you are married, get onto your husband or wife's (I do not know if you are male or female) insurance. If you want a wake-up on this, call your local Farmer's Group, State Farm, Aetna, etc. and ask them how much an individual policy costs.

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