A friend of mine works six hours a day, five days a week and of course this company does not provide health insurance for 'part time' workers. She has spent innumerable hours trying to find health insurance she can afford but her income is so limited she's been unable to secure this. She is 52 years old and does her very best to provide for herself.
Are there any answers to this dilema. It seems so unfair that some can get care when they have money but the others lives seem to be rated less valuable.
2006-08-15 16:05:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Employer sponsored health care started out as a small perk about the time of WWII, and morphed into this highly inconsistent & unbelievable complex system we have.
It seems profoundly illogical for our country (the US of A) to give lip service to promoting business & especially small business, then saddle the poor entrepreneur with health care expenses for the employees And if some employee is chronically ill the small business is punished de facto for carrying that person. And if a person has a chronic illness, they can't change jobs or will loose their insurance. Then if they loose their insurance, they can't get reinsured as now have a prior condition.
A Pro-Business stance would be universal health care!
All the other civilized countries of the world have it.
2006-08-15 16:18:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all approximately income i'm guessing i can not think of of the different reason then that and allow's be undemanding the waltons are maximum in all probability white trash plus lots of money they do no longer think of of the longtime run basically how lots money they are going to make this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days and don't comprehend with happier workers they artwork greater useful yet they does no longer comprehend that maximum in all probability via fact they have been born wealthy , I hate my activity and now and back flow relatively slow and do a foul activity yet to no longer point out they supply me 5 hours each and every week and pay me 8.ninety it incredibly isn't even minimum salary reason i'm under 18... i ask your self what somebody at mcdonalds or walmart does whilst they do in comparison to their activity....drop the burgers by utilising twist of destiny and %. them back up?and that i've got a union so each and every paycheck i'm getting they take 10 money off so I make 38 money for 5 hours its a humorous tale and the union does ABSOLUTLEY no longer something for me they'd nevertheless fireplace me each and every time they decide for thus yeee all approximately money for the slaves and the proprietors....
2016-11-04 21:54:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the company I just dumped. Check out working for one of the tribes, I did , part timers get same benes as full time. Have fun, can't lose quarters if working there.
2006-08-15 16:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by Mop Swinger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a big problem in this country. She should at least get insurance for a catastrophic illness. It will be cheaper & have a large deductible. She can also go to a county hospital or clinic which charge according to one's ability to pay.
So sad. Good luck!
2006-08-15 16:13:16 · answer #4 · answered by Da Bomb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's my biggest problem with this country that i love. we just don't provide free medical care, when this care is something that everyone needs. we spend billions of dollars giving medical care to other countries, but deny it to our own. i do work full time, but am not covered by medical insurance either. i don't get paid enough to be able to afford insurance. here in ohio you couldn't get, maybe still can't get disability for real injuries. now we know why. it's because our political leaders were in bed with crooks who played around with worker's compensation funds to make themselves richer. the answer probably is to make each state answerable to where the money is going, and have to tell us why they are using worker's comp funds to invest in other things. we need to demand a national medical care coverage that does not take most of our earnings away from us. we already pay enough in taxes that goes to pork barrell projects that benefit rich friends of a senator or govenor. i for one am tired of working, paying taxes, and getting nothing in return, not even good roads to travel on. if we want to have good roads, we are further taxed by paying higher prices for our titles and licenses. it's time to stop being passive and giving in to the powers that be. they are there because we keep voting for them , and they keep hoping we will remain passive.
2006-08-15 16:31:18 · answer #5 · answered by Debi K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of companies purposly hire twice as many part time workers to keep from providing insurance, its not fair i know, really its cruel.
2006-08-15 16:12:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she needs to work full time to reap the rewards
2006-08-15 16:10:57 · answer #7 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's america for ya honey..... unfairness everywhere you look.
2006-08-15 16:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by Iceman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋