Tuesday, July 21, 2026

State Health Plan for All?

 One Democrat raises the possibility that state residents could "buy in" to the health plan currently given to State employees.

We thought that might be interesting, so we looked around a bit.  ("A bit" is all you can do unless you're actually enrolled in the plan or have unlimited time.)

One would pay $325/month for the standard-deductible family plan. 

Sorry!!  Can't tell you what the deductible is, nor anything about a dental plan, but let's take a SWAG and say that the health deductible is $4,000./family/year.

$325/month is clearly a subsidized premium--that is, State taxpayers kick in a bunch of money to bring the premium down to that level.  So the first question is this:  what IS the subsidy?   Next:  will the same subsidy be offered to non-State-employee enrollees?

Next question:  how will the State afford it?

Certainly, Ms. Roys has answers.  Right??

By the way:  in many parts of the real world, family premiums are about $750/month--or more. State employees are getting one Helluva good deal.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How can the state afford it?

Easy Peezy


How much did you make last year
Now

Send it in as taxes
the whole damn amount

Anonymous said...

Math is hard for Democrats
They’re special snowflakes you know

capper said...

Diane Hendricks, the richest woman in the country, doesn't pay taxes. That might be a good place to start.

Also, state workers get paid lower wages than the private sector.