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Originally Posted by Halon1211
So it’s open enrollment time and as per our CBA our premiums are going up 6.7%. I’m guessing this 6.7% is compounding ever year...that seems like our insurance can get pretty expensive soon. My question to you all is this industry standard or not? Not sure what our last CBA was since I wasn’t around for the last one. But just seems like 6.7% increase ever year is a lot...maybe it’s something we had to give up at the bargaining table.
It increased 6.5% for 2018, and im sure it did the years prior. And I expect it to raise the same for the years to come. It is the state of health insurance for the time we are in.
Health insurance is getting expensive. For those with spouses, ask them about their work health insurance and the increases offered at their work. I know my wife's company has not only increased premiums YoY but have cut benefits too.
Bottom line is I imagine all airlines are increasing premiums with the amount allowed within the contract; I cant imagine non union occupations and Spirit pilots are the only ones seeing premium increase while other union shops are seeing smaller increases.
Not to sound like the contrarian to popular forum complaining, but I happy to have a reasonable cap on increases for our benefits while still maintaining the same benefits, and not seeing a reduction in benefits with an increase in premiums.
Health Care is a mess in this country, no matter what side you're on, and having dependable, collectively bargained insurance, with controlled premium increases, is the best I can really hope for in this mess.
Next CBA cycle we can poll the pilots and see where we stand with the 6.7% increase. I know we had to fight hard this cycle with the threat of the excise tax ever coming to a reality and not delayed for another year.