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Finally got my paycheck where I could tell if I was cut any....last paycheck had extra pay on it for mentoring so I couldn't tell.
Looks like I'm paying $5 bucks per paycheck more to somewhere....lol
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My only hope this next year is that my state releases some of the surplus we now have to teacher pay raises so that I can at least pay for the increase in my insurance, WHICH I KNOW IS COMING.... ![]()
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Health Insurance Brokers Prepare Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock
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Honestly I think they would use a bad flu season to triple prices. There really is almost no regulations on insurance, almost as little as with credit cards.
That said I'll wait and see about this triple thing actually happening. If it does and insurance, which has become monstrous over the years in terms of actually providing any form of real healthcare but always shows impressive profits, needs to be retooled to actually do what it's supposed to, I'm ok with that. |
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uggh...i'm not looking forward to how this will effect my paycheck again.
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The price shocks is probably coming in at the end of 2013 or early 2014. Whatever increases you are seeing is not even the tip of the iceberg.
But it is glorious news for those who demanded the increase to their premiums.
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I should find out about the changes to my health insurance in about a month.....I am not looking forward to that meeting. AT ALL....
If our Texas legislature doesn't release some of that surplus we gained over the last 2 years and allow a raise for teachers, we are probably royally screwed with the health insurance.
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CHANGE, that's all you're gonna have in your pocket when he is done
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Well, being a teacher, I don't get hit by a lot of the deductions that others do....BUT, yes, I have a feeling I'm going to get killed on the health insurance....
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Unless one of the changes is, even though I'm a teacher, I get paid the damn money that I paid into Social Security....it is pretty damn pathetic, that I am only 1/2 a unit from FULL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS....money that I PAID IN....but because I'm a teacher, getting retirement benefits (THAT I ALSO PAY INTO....) I won't receive a SS Check EVER, FOR ANY AMOUNT, I only get medicare. So, sorry....but don't really give a crap what changes are coming....
I will say this, I have a friend that makes under $50,000 a year. His paycheck this last time after ALL OF THESE CHANGES, was $200.00 less. Wow Obama, way to NOT HURT THE MIDDLE CLASS, ONLY THOSE MAKING OVER $250,000....well congrats people, ya get what ya vote for....enjoy.
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The Recession ended?
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Yes, I forget what the actual criteria is...but according to the criteria, yes it ended....
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The MSM keeps saying it ended years ago...I guess the better term is...um, steady out? Went from recession to just 'meh' basically.
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Who woulda thunk that the economy would shrink when everyone's taxes and healthcare costs were cemented to go up? Hint...no Democrats. Who wants to bet it occurred after the election?
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Economists look at a 1.5% rise in unemployment in 12 months. |
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There ya go....
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My pregnant wife and I are middle class Americans who are basically living from paycheck to paycheck. We make decent money but, 95% of it goes to paying for the mortgage, food, medical insurance, car insurance, property taxes, home association fees, and gas. I truly believe there is no economic future for the middle class in this state anymore. Ultimately, my wife and I will have to leave unless I win the lottery or come up with some innovative business scheme that puts us in upper class.
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Christ, I give this country 10 years before the drapes catch fire and the whole place goes up in a blaze.
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You know what tiiiiime it is?
Monetary Collapse Time! What will the GOP and Democrats do?! What will 3rd and minor parties do? And most importantly, what will Red Eye on Fox News say on the matter? And how will Bill Schulz survive?! looooooooooooool.
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