This is geting real interesting. I was listening to the radio yesterday and they were talking about it because our legislature is in session and expected to vote on this.
It was pointed out that we have 40 senators and 120 representatives. How many of these folks do you think pay one thin dime for health insurance? You bet, not a one. Actually we have a reported 25,000 state officials and appointed folks who pay nothing. Not even part. In the mean time we have school teachers, law enforcement, waiter/waitresses, cashiers, etc paying a reported average of $9000/yr for health coverage. These same low paid professions are paying for 25,000 government workers insurance through taxes. There are far many more state employee's who do pay at least part like the rest of us. It just doesn't seem fair that the cost for these 25,000 workers runs an average of $11,000/yr per person.
Some try to justify it by saying they are civil servants and it is a perk. Cops pay for their insurance so no dice. I say, they do this part time and get paid and they work their normal jobs too. Most are insurance agents, lawyers, and such. They should have to pay their share just as well as the $20,000/per year blue collar worker does.
One reported representative makes a mere $3,000,000/yr in his business plus his state salary and pays zero for health insurance.
Are they concerned about this? No, they are worried about some
truck nutz.