It seems to me that companies in general scam their employees into paying greater than retail for their health insurance. As a small business owner I have to provide my own health insurance. I pay about the same or less for good coverage for myself and family than I did as an employee.

I always thought that people who had employer sponsored insurance paid less but from my perspective it does not seem like that is the case. I mentioned it to a friend who works for the county. He currently pays around $850 a month out of his paycheck to cover his wife and two kids.

He went to a local insurance agent to get a quote and it was slightly less to buy the same coverage from the same insurance company as he is getting from his employer. All I am saying is that people blindly accept what they are offered at work as being a better deal when it possibly is not.

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