Riding withouth health insurance?

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by shmike

No COBRA?

yeah, but i don't wanna mess w/ all that.

gov't pays like 65% of cobra right now.

cobra+gov't for me and kids = $340/mos + red tape
Z's ins for whole family = $330

though Z prefers my ins. co (united) to her's BlueCrossBS, i think from now on i;m gonna work contract so we're just gonna get on her plan.

[sherri_chickie]

Canada rocks!!

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by RACER X

yeah, but i don't wanna mess w/ all that.

gov't pays like 65% of cobra right now.

cobra+gov't for me and kids = $340/mos + red tape
Z's ins for whole family = $330

though Z prefers my ins. co (united) to her's BlueCrossBS, i think from now on i;m gonna work contract so we're just gonna get on her plan.

do you have lots of contract work avail there? do you know any board design? (as in circuit board) yeah yeah i hi jacked the thread.

now back to your regularly scheduled program.

[Tsunami]

I wish Canada was warmer because I would really move there.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by wildchild

do you have lots of contract work avail there? do you know any board design? (as in circuit board) yeah yeah i hi jacked the thread.

now back to your regularly scheduled program.

no not board design, big power stuff mostly plant design, 3D stuff

usually a decent amount of work right now, but w/ the anti-oil gov't environment, all the oil co's have a hold on any projects in the US. quite a bit of work overseas.

Originally Posted by Tsunami

I wish Canada was warmer because I would really move there.

buddy of mine told me about an phone interview he had w/ a co. in Alberta $50-70/HR for the work i/we do.............hmmm.........are taxes really like 50%?

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by RACER X

buddy of mine told me about an phone interview he had w/ a co. in Alberta $50-70/HR for the work i/we do.............hmmm.........are taxes really like 50%?

pretty much

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by shmike

Thankfully, I have always had medical coverage.

Not having any wouldn't keep me from riding though.

What he said.

[sherri_chickie]

Racer X

Originally Posted by karl_1052

pretty much

Not really.. after I moved back I realized I took home the same percent of my pay here as I did working in the states, after all benefits were taken off both cheques. Plus we don't pay PST or HST here, so only 5% GST.

[skiergirl]

Someone else already said - if I lost my Health Ins I'd have a lot bigger worries than riding. In fact, I'd probably be considering selling bikes first because as much as I love them, if it's a house payment or foreclosure the bikes are history.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by sherri_chickie

Racer X




Not really.. after I moved back I realized I took home the same percent of my pay here as I did working in the states, after all benefits were taken off both cheques. Plus we don't pay PST or HST here, so only 5% GST.

I take home 65.8% of my pay. Since we are in Onterrible, we pay 13% on any purchase made, so we are effectively taxed 52.8%, which is very close to half.