33,000 Boeing workers lose health care coverage

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• SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The first thing we need to do to fix healthcare in this country is to decouple health insurance from our jobs. If you lose your job you should not lose your health benefits. And no, cobra is not a substitute.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Cobra is asptly named. Bunch of fucking snakes.

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    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      $680 fuckin dollars while I’m unemployed, per month??? Get the fuck outta heah

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  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Cobra sucks. “hey you have no income now because you were laid off, want to pay $850/month to continue your health insurance?”

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    • Maeve@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      More like 2400-2k.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I was shocked to be in a situation recently where it actually made sense to continue partial coverage (my $20/m dental)

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  • abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Exactly this.

    Though I wonder what will happen now that Boeing has done this evil deed. Can the union itself step in and continue health coverage until the strike is resolved? Or are the strikers just screwed if they get sick?

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And this is why the longshoremen have to strike when it hurts everyone.

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• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Health care is a human right.

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• whostosay@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  This will help the state of the company for sure.

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• TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If it’s Boeing, I’m not going to

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• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The US healthcare system is a massive dumpster fire. Every single resident should have the same healthcare insurance as the politicians. Socialize it and cap costs like they do in the 1st World countries.

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• Maeve@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I hope entire Boeing employees strike.

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• kerrigan778@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The planes are unhealthy, maybe making the employees unhealthy too will help balance things out.

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• xploit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Introduce say…shall we call it CHIPS and Sciences Act 2 (milk that sequel).

  More jobs in the semiconductor industry, microchips for everyone in the country to track them because everyone is evil, especially those darn foreigners.
  Except you know it’s none of that and it hides healthcare for everyone instead, and no politician would ever know because like why the fuck would actually read something and those who do well, I’m sure they’d understand the purpose.

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• Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  "This will fix it!"

  • Boing executive

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• match@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  i hope the boeing workers strike and seize the entire company

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