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Re:Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out... by etchalon on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:06PM (#30994124)
When we were a smaller group, we had to forbid it, because otherwise our group wasn't large enough to qualify for a group plan.
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Re:Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out... by phil21 on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:32PM (#30994555)
This is very strange, it's not even remotely rare to decline employer coverage - probably half my team either has their spouse on our company coverage, or no company coverage since they are covered by their spouse.
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Re:Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out... by etchalon on Monday April 11, 2022 @11:18PM (#30998204)
It's not rare. About 1/3 of my team has declined coverage now. But when were six people, and the minimum for BCBS to cover us was six people, we asked everyone to commit to the coverage so we could do it.
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Re:Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out... by notch656a on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:40PM (#30994676)
In my jurisdiction this practice (forced insurance) would almost certainly be illegal if any unauthorized payroll deduction were included.
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