Survey from the Courier
In this recent article in the Courier What do you want? Health care, security they reported the following:
“Given a list of 15 benefits and characteristics that may be important in choosing a job:
84 percent of Americans ranked health insurance at the very top”
They went on to say:
“Pay ranked 10th with 65 percent, trailing such matters as getting quick decisions on issues (69 percent); working with talented managers (68 percent); having the potential for promotions (66 percent); and being creative and intellectually stimulated (66 percent).”
I wonder how many of them surveyed would be willing to actually take a cut in pay in order to have better and more security in their health insurance.
It is easy to want all these things, but someone has to foot the bill.
“Given a list of 15 benefits and characteristics that may be important in choosing a job:
84 percent of Americans ranked health insurance at the very top”
They went on to say:
“Pay ranked 10th with 65 percent, trailing such matters as getting quick decisions on issues (69 percent); working with talented managers (68 percent); having the potential for promotions (66 percent); and being creative and intellectually stimulated (66 percent).”
I wonder how many of them surveyed would be willing to actually take a cut in pay in order to have better and more security in their health insurance.
It is easy to want all these things, but someone has to foot the bill.
Labels: healthcare, survey
posted by Anonymous at 5:55 AM
5 Comments:
You make a good point. It is all in how it is presented. We used to pay all of the single policy and a few years ago went to charging a nominal amount($25/mo)for single health care coverage. While a few understood, most did not.
You must not know much about employment in the private sector. Large numbers of people have taken "pay cuts" in the past several years because the increase in premiums for their major medical plans have outstripped increases in their pay. While no one likes to have that happen, most employees aren't abandoning companies which provide coverage to work for more money at companies which do not.
I agree with anon 9:08, health ins is most important. My husband worked for the same company over 40years and his health insurance went from -0- to $80.00 per week for a single policy and he remained with them until he retired.
We just cannot afford to be without health insurance. Unfortunately many companies are dropping their health coverage for their employees. That is why House Resolution 676 is so important. With this there will be health coverage for everyone.
And who is going to pay for this?
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.676:
There is nothing this doesn't cover except maybe cosmetic surgery.
Are you going to tax me some more so I have to pay for all the smokers, drinkers, drug users, and sex addicts who become ill because of their lifestyle choices.
No thanks
Wake up HB. Your patients have been taking a paycut every year. Either their premiums go up, their deductibles go up, or both.
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