That's all mine had on it too. I wondered about that, even though I don't need family.

• TransTech health insurance rates for 2008 - Having a heart attack
  • I couldn't wait to sign up for the insurance this year... - Newer TT'r
    • I hope they find something else too - and soon. - Me2'er
  • Please don't panic. Read the cover letter with the rates. - TT2
    • Not a TT'er - Aetna not available in my state
  • You would think with all the new MTs - TransTechMT
  • Family rates - anotherTT
    • I can see the family rates - Having a heart attack
      • Thanks a million!! I guess the spread sheet confused my eyes. :) - anotherTT
    • That's all mine had on it too. I wondered about that, even though I don't need family. - Can't help
    • Also forgot, rate for Aetna family HMO1. Both nationwide not CA. Thanks. - anotherTT
  • You can easily find private insurance for - me
    • Not over 50. I'll be 60, live in Fl and only found insurance for $800. - Under spouse would be $850. There is crisis here.
      • Don't laugh but did you check AARP? sm - DollyDialup
        • AARP is doable - winnie
        • AARP was $800 per month, single. $1000 deductible. SM - me
          • Maybe it's a geographical thing? sm - DollyDialup
            • I was told because I lived in Fl. I have checked, - really I have.
              • Well that explains it. Florida is the sm - DollyDialup
          • Wow - Siren
  • Look into insuring yourself. Many health plans can be bought - KT
    • If you are IC and pay for your insurance, that cost - can be deducted. Check with tax man. nm
      • you don't have to be IC to deduct that - just do an itemized 1040 and it is deductible even if yo - anon
        • You can't deduct insurance premiums if - KT
      • I can't do that. sm - mlstoo
  • You bet. My rate has doubled. I'm in tears. - mlstoo
    • I feel your pain! - ttmt
  • I am trying not to pass out as well, but (sm) - Smelling salts please
    • Ins. Increase - treehugger
      • I agree... is it worth panic and jumping ship? - TTtoo
        • I'm not planning on jumping ship, either. sm - mlstoo
          • For sure. Anyway, I bet they will find something else. - NM
          • Yay! Here's to hanging onto the ship! - TTtoo
    • We have insurance through my husband's company and this year - me
      • My husband got a raise to cover his increase, the lucky bum. nm - mlstoo

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Sure has been quiet since they started bouncing checks, not paying their MTs at all, etc.  I just assumed they had changed their name and were incognito somewhere here.

She also said she didn't have kids. Why do you think you're so much better  BECAUSE you have kids?  I am so sick of that attitude.  I don't have kids, never wanted them, but have been discriminated against in jobs because of it.  Everyone figured since I had no kids I could work all the time.  I said NO!  Just because I don't have kids doesn't mean I don't have a life or that my life is not important.   

BTW I work part time too. 

No ... not being catered to.  The company pays the same portion of my insurance for my family plan as it does for the employee who has no family.  With the new plan, for health and dental for myself and my family, I will be paying a grand total of $738.93 a month, which is down from $977.00 I was paying.  I hardly call $738.00 a month being catered too.  I'm just happy it came down.  The employee only rates are still very, very good from my point of view, and it does seem like it is really good coverage.

my own policy versus being an employee of a service.  When you think about it, being an employee for most of the services out there offers no real benefits at all.  I have found that the PTO that some of these companies offer as part of their benefits package is a crappy.  You basically get paid a base hourly rate for any PTO you take and that base rate never EVER equals what you actually make when typing.  So you are basically penalized for taking time off.

And health insurance benefit packages are a joke!  They pay nothing for family coverage and not to mention there is always the threat looming over your head that if your production falls, they can take your benefits away.

If I were you, I would either be an IC and buy your own policy or try to get on with a hospital that offers work at home MT jobs.  Hospitals are the only places that offer decent health insurance coverage for families.  I have my own accounts and bought a health insurance policy for my kids and I, but recently I took a job with a hospital just for the insurance.  So now I have my own accounts plus I work FT for a hospital from home.  I pay $175 a month for family coverage with a $1000 family deductible.  It was financially a smarter move for me to go to work as an employee with the hospital because I'm saving a bundle on insurance.

Again, let me say, I would NEVER go back to work as an employee for a service.  They don't offer anything that I would consider benefits.  You're better off buying your own policy.

go for it.   My situation was a bit different in that I wasn't running out of work, just testing the waters.  I applied to about a dozen companies, offered positions with each, took 3 positions to figure which I liked best.  I had worked for a small local company for 13 years as my only experience so was really clueless.   I found it really difficult to switch from the various accounts and scheduling became a nightmare because I really had no clear-cut hours or line counts.  It got to where I wasn't doing a good job, just doing the lines and not caring about the product, plus I was screaming at my son for bothering me while I was trying to work.  Just wasn't worth it. 

but I do not need that right now.  I have a schedule but they are flexible hours so that really helps.  Pay does include all spaces, but what I like is the direct deposit and the steady work.  I have been with Medware for 2 years and always have work.  If my primary is out they give you a back up account.  Finally my income meets my needs and I can move ahead with some things around the house that needed fixing.  Plus it's nice knowing I have good health insurance.