VaYank5150
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From your own link, which I assume you didn't bother to read:
Hmm.. troops STILL in Iraq.
Insurance premiums just sky rocketed.
Bank fees and credit card rates on the rise.
Good job.
They did? For whom? I just re-upped my insurance for 2011 through my employer, and my exact same coverage levels only went up 2.3%. Is that skyrocketing?
I'm sure everyone else just wishes they were as lucky as you. But alas...
Federal Eye - Federal workers to pay more for health care
Federal workers to pay more for health care
By The Post's Federal Diary columnist Joe Davidson:
Federal employees will see their health insurance premiums increase at a far higher rate than their pay next year, but less than many private sector workers.
Experts offer tips on tacking health care costs - Business - Careers - msnbc.com
By Eve Tahmincioglu
msnbc.com contributor
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Its that dreaded time of year again. Employees are beginning to find out how much more theyll be ponying up for health insurance in 2011, and (surprise, surprise) costs are going up, again.
From your own link, which I assume you didn't bother to read:
Federal workers to pay more for health care
By The Post's Federal Diary columnist Joe Davidson:
Federal employees will see their health insurance premiums increase at a far higher rate than their pay next year, but less than many private sector workers.
The average increase for enrollees in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program will be 7.2 percent, the Office of Personnel Management said Friday. That's significantly more than their average pay raise, which is slated to be 1.4 percent in 2011. In dollars, federal workers will pay, on average, $5.53 more each pay period for self-only coverage and $11.45 more for a family.
Last year's average premium increase was 8.8 percent. Citing estimates by consultants for other large, employer-sponsored insurance plans, OPM said those programs will see increases between 8.9 percent and 10.5 percent.
More federal employees choose Blue Cross Blue Shield's standard option than any other program. Their premium increase will be 6.9 percent for self-coverage and 7.6 percent for a family, according to OPM.
For 2011, "We have eliminated enrollee cost sharing for preventive care services, added incentives for tobacco cessation, and, in accordance with the Affordable Care Act, added coverage for dependents up to age 26," said OPM Director John Berry. Even with these new benefits, premiums will rise less this year than they did last year."