Prettier $20k Bounty was Claimed

Re:Prettier $20k Bounty was Claimed by laurencerowe on Monday November 27, 2023 @05:44PM (#38439562)

> many things are more expensive when you don't work at a company - for example the health care for a marginal employee at GE is a lot cheaper than you'll get for yourself.

This is less true following the Affordable Care Act than it used to be. The unsubsidised marketplace rate for my Kaiser health insurance seems fairly close to what I pay for COBRA from my former big tech employer.

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Re:Prettier $20k Bounty was Claimed by alistairSH on Monday November 27, 2023 @06:38PM (#38440147)

But COBRA is more expensive than the same plan when paid by the employer with pre-tax dollars.

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Re:Prettier $20k Bounty was Claimed by cjsplat on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:58PM (#38442162)

Interesting.

My Kaiser almost doubled from COBRA and coverage went from better-than-platinum to high deductible gold.

Google / SF market.

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Re:Prettier $20k Bounty was Claimed by laurencerowe on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:17PM (#38442273)

I have Google COBRA in SF too and when I last looked a year or so ago it was about $100/year more on the marketplace for the KP platinum plan.

Age makes a huge difference to the marketplace premiums though.

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