Finnian, my 6 year old is over 300 a month.
I'm at about 150 a month.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:11 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Employee compensation
> 
> Hey everybody,
> 
> Could you respond to this message and let us know how much your total meds
> cost per month -- both your own contribution and your employer's
> contribution to the bill?
> 
> I get a three-month supply of the stuff that slows my heart down for about
> $15, and perscriptions needed for things like cold, flu, sinus infections,
> etc that come up each year max out at around $30 per month when needed.
> 
> I understand that some medicines cost a fortune, but I'm trying to get a
> handle on what kind of reasonable cap that an employer should put on
> covering employees' meds costs.
> 
> So if an employer like Ben & Jerry's used to be (before getting bought out
> by Unilever) wanted to do as much as possible for its employees while
> still being responsible to the financial necessities of the business,
> they'd have to impose some kind of cap on what they would cover each month
> for each employee's (and their families') meds.  Would that be something
> like $100 per month?  $200?  A percentage of the monthly cost of the
> employee's health plan?
> Respectfully,
> 
> Adam Phillip Churvis
> Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
> BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee
> 
> 
> 
> Get advanced intensive Master-level training in
> C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at
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> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   To: CF-Community
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:14 PM
>   Subject: RE: Employee compensation
> 
> 
>   yeah, it sucked when I found out that my ADD, allergy and Asthma meds
> were
>   going to cost upwards of
>   $150 a month, compared to the $50 I was paying before. I started taking
>   OTC allergy meds to save money, until I went back on my wife's coverage
>   BC Carefirst sux.
> 
>   i've looke briefly at the sub co.'s benefits and they look good.
> 
>   Scott A. Stewart
>   REAC/PASS-IT
>   (202)-475-8875
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   "loathe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   10/03/2006 03:00 PM
>   Please respond to cf-community
> 
> 
>           To:     CF-Community <[email protected]>
>           cc:     (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD)
>           Subject:        RE: Employee compensation
> 
> 
>   I worked for a smaller company last year that had a lot of
> administrative
>   problems, due to no one taking the time to set up the bennies the way a
>   big
>   corp does.
> 
>   It really makes a huge difference.  I am doing the same as you, hell for
>   the
>   same company :)  The company I am subbed out to right now, and that I
> will
>   hopefully be direct hired by later this year, has a great bennie
> program.
> 
>   > -----Original Message-----
>   > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:35 PM
>   > To: CF-Community
>   > Subject: Re: Employee compensation
>   >
>   > co pay: no more than $15 dollars per doctor visit
>   > prescriptions no more than $10
>   >
>   > i'm currently on a temp to hire contract. The contracting company
> offers
>   > no benefits (fortunatly I'm covered on my wife's)
>   > I roll over in Decemeber. So I'm gonna be getting into benefits in
>   depth.
>   >
>   > I've had companies pay the entire cost of my insurance so that's my
>   > optimal.
>   >
>   > My primary consideration is salary, in the majority of places that
> I've
>   > worked ,the comp packages are about the same.
>   >
>   > Having said that I'll never work for a small company again without
>   > checking out the bene's carefully. in my last position, I got raped on
>   > prescriptions.
>   >
>   > Scott A. Stewart
>   > REAC/PASS-IT
>   > (202)-475-8875
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   > 10/03/2006 11:30 AM
>   > Please respond to cf-community
>   >
>   >
>   >         To:     CF-Community <[email protected]>
>   >         cc:     (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD)
>   >         Subject:        Re: Employee compensation
>   >
>   >
>   > How inexpensive must health insurance be?  I'm looking for an actual
>   > dollar figure for the employee contribution, and how much the co-pay
>   > should be.
>   >
>   > One other question I guess is relevant: do you currently receive a
>   > compensation package that is the same or nearly the same as the one
> you
>   > describe?  If not then what's missing?  And why wasn't it important
>   enough
>   > for you to turn down your job offer?
>   >
>   > I ask because my talks with people have been somewhat heated about
>   things
>   > they currently don't get, so I wonder why if it's so important that
> it's
>   > still considered optional.
>   > Respectfully,
>   >
>   > Adam Phillip Churvis
>   > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>   > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in
>   > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at
>   > ProductivityEnhancement.com
>   >
>   >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   >   To: CF-Community
>   >   Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:16 AM
>   >   Subject: Re: Employee compensation
>   >
>   >
>   >   Competiive Salary, based on cost of living in a particular location
>   > (where
>   >   someone actually does the COL research)
>   >   401K
>   >   Inexpensive insurance (with all or a large part subsidized by the
>   > company)
>   >           With prescription benefits (low co pay)
>   >   Real Training benefits, where the company pays for training ahead of
>   > time,
>   >   not the "you pay for it and we'll pay you back when you
>   >   finish.....eventually"
>   >           Training includes seminars like CFUnited
>   >   Book allowance
>   >   Metrocheck (it's a program where the company pulls public
>   transportation
>   >
>   >   costs pre tax, up to a certain level)
>   >
>   >   Cool stuff
>   >           Product discount programs
>   >                   Anyone who's a Dell business customer can set this
> up
>   > for
>   >   their employees
>   >           Company parties
>   >           Company outings (team building)
>   >           Pool Tables, Foosball, air hockey, video games etc.
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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