delta airline imposes surcharge for unvaxxed employees

[rdking647]

$200 a month plus weekly testing if youre unvaxxed

hopefully more and more companies do this



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/delta-air-lines-to-require-that-employees-be-vaccinated-or-pay-health-insurance-surcharge/ar-AANJEpA

[Irish_Dem]

1. Going to be a rise in fake vaccine records. Delta needs to find a way to verify records.

[Sneederbunk]

2. You want to play games? Your game will cost you $200 a month.

[nycbos]

3. Good

[MiniMe]

4. And make the unvaxxed employee pay for their weekly test

[flying_wahini]

5. Pilots get tested before every trip vaccinated or not. At least the International ones do.

My BIL is a Trumpie and he did go and get the vaccine. I’m sure it will be something to talk about on those long hours in the cockpit.

[mucifer]

6. I just realized their corporate name is unfortunate

[lagomorph777]

7. Oh, OUCH!

[Scrivener7]

8. The fact that they even allow unvaxxed employees means they are spreading the virus.

[Stallion]

9. $200 Per Month Means its No Longer FREE-dumb

[Bev54]

10. $200. or not I want to know if there is unvaxxed on my flight

Won't use them.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Only So Many Companies Can Follow

While it's true that almost 2 in 3 very big companies do their own healthcare plan management, the vast majority of companies contract with insurance companies to create group plans.
It seems likely that under ACA, propensity to contract COVID is a preexisting condition. The law says insurers can't raise rates because of that.
Big outfits like delta don't market their healthcare coverage to the public, so ACA doesn't seem to apply.
These big companies, combined, still represent a small piece of the overall national work force.
But, I'll take some good, over no good, every time.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Delta is self insured and so this is a good move

Each hospitalization costs Delta an average of $40,000+