Mine went up about 10.00 a month. Also, our copay went up 10.00 per visit as well. Copays for doctor visits are now 30.00 and 40.00 for specialists. Our prescriptions are now on a tier system as well (15.00/30.00/50.00/75.00 depending on the medicine) which is REALLY dissappointing. Especially dissappointing since the medical plan is through a VERY LARGE financial organization (our parent company). Medical benefits at one time were one of the primary enticements to bring in new employees. Is your company paying a larger portion perhaps so the amount for the employee contribution went down? My daughter is on a different medical plan and her dr visits are only 12.00 and each prescription is only 3.00. Sheesh...we also switched from Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina to BCBS of North Carolina.


>>My maximum out of pocket expense for emergency room and hospital stay and surgery is 100.00 total for all three (not 100.00/each) but that is only because of my health insurance that I pay a premium for each month. <<
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>Your finances are of course none of my business but can I ask if your health coverage premium went up, down, or stayed the same for 2006? I was pleasantly surprised that mine went down about 30%. Same plan, same carrier, same coverage as far as I can tell. This somehow seems too good to be true.