They make a big deal out of not having a premium increase the past 2 years.Well,family plan has gone up a couple $ past couple year's.But,they just keep taking 100% coverage away on things that were covered.Just Copay was due.Fir example MRI's now carry $150 or so out of pocket plus your 20%.Just keeps on.They sit here and talk about wellcare for us being free.Well,that's nice.But,how about your spouse and family being cared for too.My wife had a procedure done and after United healthcare discounts procedure OD payed there part and I was left with about has much to pay.Think they need to start being more competitive with there Insurance Benefits than there pay.I can't afford to go without insurance .So I'm just stuck and if I ever left from here I would never go to work for another LTL for sure.Good place to work .But,has definitely went South the past couple years.While,upper Management receives there Premium Healthcare and just keeps on pocketing the money.Sad Deal and it goes on everywhere.
Not bashing you guys K. But so many people just look at their weekly costs of benefits, and not their deductible, and out of pocket costs. Especially if you go out of network because your doctor, or hospital is not in the provider network. Making above industry hourly scale, and paying high deductible, out of pocket, and other things like short and long term disability, takes your actual hourly wage down probably $3-4 dollars an hour. Do I understand correctly that OD deducts for disability weekly from you guys? Your gross pay is also affected by not being paid overtime.
Disability is a Secondary Policy that we have.They made it mandatory on short term.They gave us a little hourly raise to basically cover expense.Then long term coverage is covered on us.
My point is too that just imagine how much $$ a year goes back to the company from these deductions, and is not paid out to any employee for disability. In a years time it is probably a lot of money. X amount of employees, times the weekly deduction.... Money back in their bank account.
Very true. Health insurance in general just sucks anymore. As a kid, I can remember my dad's job offered him great insurance. Very little came out of pocket. Those days are long gone as healthcare costs have risen to a ridiculously high level. The greedy health providers aren't helping our cause any. This lady at work has been to the doctor 6 times, for 5 different tests on her arm. Is that really necessary? It is if you want to get paid for each visit and add another expensive test each time...
Don’t kid yourself or sell the drivers short! OD is operating at a 78.6 operating ratio there is no reason not to get a annual raise and keep healthcare at an affordable rate
Did you ever here of the doughboy that drives a tanker and calls radio talk shows
No never heard of him
Is he the guy who calls Stand Up with Pete Dominick and other SiriusXM shows?
It's true it's crap that each year they sneak in more cost to us to keep the premium the same. Usually co-pay increases. $150 copay for a cat-scan is ridiculous pretty much paying the whole thing in some places. ER visits are ridiculously huge copay then still having to pay a percentage. where we still have it good is the low or no deductible depending on which plan you are on. But where we were at 10 years ago was better. The fact that they don't have a decent 401K match (a good company is 100% match up to employees 6%), they don't pay overtime, they don't pay on duty time, in the beginning I touted the good health care as the trade-off. But it's slowly diminishing.
Okay if it was over 100% last year I don't doubt you. But that is the first year I recall hearing it made it to 100% math. I didn't benefit much at all from this year's discretionary match for last year having to give up my 401k up in a divorce so I'm still bitter about it. But I suppose if there was a better match on the front end that's just more of the nasty ex would have gotten lol
