My dad was just diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma. He had it removed, but they need to test if it went anywhere else. He had workable insurance from his long career, but was going to lose it after retirement. He decided early retirement was still worth the gap in insurance between that and Medicare. He had negotiated a year of coverage after retirement but there was still a 3 year gap. The idea that his medical care has to be tied to this job and he's on his own to take care of this out of pocket is a slap in the face of workers. He worked his ass off, one of those manly men that didn't have much patience for doctors. The system is horrible, I don't know what else to say. They wanted him to retire so they could pay less, time to send another person through the…
To be honest, my sleep schedule is still pretty messed up, even years later. I worked retail and as a server and had to do close into open shifts all the fucking time. Sometimes even close into working a double. It's fucking insane how they expect you to work 8-10 hours, leave the restaurant/store at 11 pm – midnight, then be back at 9 am the next morning. I always used to hang with bartenders and other servers. Everyone hung out from like midnight to 3 or 4 am because it's the only time where our friends were available. The only free time we had to ourselves was late night and early morning. I just think it's fucking crazy how normal it is to work someone like that. It happened so often and even thinking back on it I get tired just remembering morning shift after 3 or 4 hours…
Title. I won't get into the details, but I'm moving back to the USA and will be working for the same company I am now. I currently pay $0.00 for insurance. When I move back, my annual contribution will be $22,000 per year for myself and my wife. The deductible is $7,500. This is absolutely insane and the worst I've ever heard of in my life. I'm curious what others have to pay.
