The Amazing Disappearing Benefits

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Registered: 11-11-1999
The Amazing Disappearing Benefits
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Tue, 09-21-2004 - 10:26pm
If you're employed—especially if you're employed at a skilled, salaried job—you've got health insurance, right? Wrong. For the past three years, the number of Americans covered by employer-provider health insurance has declined—by 3.4 million this year alone. That means that "good" jobs—those that include benefits—are becoming fewer and farther between. A new report from the Economic Policy Institute analyzed the decline in health benefits among those who have jobs, and found that children and the lowest-income fifth of families were most likely to be affected. SEE THE REPORT http://www.epinet.org/issuebriefs/202/ib202.pdf September 20, 2004

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Registered: 05-12-2004
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 12:37am
Hey, but at least the companies are able to make a few more dollars at our expense, because, hey this is AMERICA, land of entreprenuership and oh gosh, i am having a sarcasm short circuit. I just havent the energy tonight.

thanks for posting though, it was some good reading.
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Registered: 09-07-2004
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 5:13am
Yes, corporate America is totally corrupt. US Airways is really making tons of money and should be ashmed of itself to ask it's employees to take a benefits cut. Maybe a John John administration would do the right thing and nationalize everything. Isn't that what you on the left really want? After all government run outfits like Amtrak are soooooo

efficient.