re: Health Benefits - New Policy on Spouses

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sapo504

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My company just opened us up to annual enrollment and I was notified if my spouse has available health insurance benefits and chooses to stay on my plan I will have to pay a surchage/fee of $600/yr if I keep her on my insurance.

Couple other facts. When wife accepted the job she indicated she didn't need the benefits and its a small business so was used in her salary negotiation for more base pay. I do not believe it was ever put in writing, but it was agreed to verbally. Also, her insurance blows and is more expensive substantially - more than $600 - so going on her insurance is not an option even if her boss would allow it.

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She negotiated on a higher salary w/no healthcare and based it on your costs staying static. So add her to your policy, eat the $600. It all works out in the end.

Her basis for the higher salary was evidently a dynamic variable you both didn't consider being dynamic. Ya'll were wrong but greater tradgedies have occurred. You sound like you're wishing life was more fair.