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Workers who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 could soon be paying as much as $50 more per paycheck for health insurance as companies across the U.S. try to protect their employees and themselves from outbreaks of the disease.
Although most companies remain hesitant to require workers to get vaccinated before they return to the office, even offering hefty financial incentives to get a shot, a growing number of big employers are imposing such mandates. And as sick Americans again flood hospitals amid a surge in cases caused by the virus's Delta variant, experts say corporations are weighing whether to hike unvaccinated employees' monthly insurance premiums.
"Because of the emergence of the Delta variant and because vaccination levels have stalled out with employers, they're trying to take some more 'stick'-type measures rather than the incentive," said Wade Symons, a partner at Mercer Health, a benefits consulting firm. "They're looking for something that's going to move the needle, and they're looking at a surcharge as a potential option for that."
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)They're making an informed CHOICE to engage in behavior that puts their health and lives at risk.
Diamond_Dog
(31,979 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)Now, they'll find out what they meant.
Because, before now they had no idea what that empty phrase meant!
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts).
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,259 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)I think it is only fair they should pay more, they cost more when they get sick and the odds are great that they will get sick with Covid D.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)give the anti vaxers (unless they a have a proven, legitimate medical contra-indication) 30 days in jail and if they don't submit to full vaccination by then, take them out into the forest and shoot the fuckers!!!
Celerity
(43,316 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)$250 per month might be more appropriate.
The potential financial impact of cost isn't just if they get sick. They can make multiple others sick.
$50 seems light.
I think the actuaries need to revisit that premium difference.