Re: Churchill Jockey Boycott (477 Views)
Posted by:
HP (IP Logged)
Date: November 10, 2004 08:50AM
Asfufh is right based on what the article says. The quote I provided from the article makes it pretty clear -- $200 a month for an extra $500k (apx.) in supplemental coverage.
The track forwarded the offer from a local health care provider, and it is NOT $800 a month (as per OPM) -- it says $200. Such plans are available when they combine a number of customers into a "group", which is what they would probably be able to do with the jockeys (my father has been in insurance for 40 years). If the rich jockeys are worried about the little guys getting squeezed, maybe they should do what other organizations do and offer standardized insurance to ALL jockeys (the bigger the group, the lower the premium). This way, the little guys would get a better "minimum" of coverage for a reasonable price and the rich guys could go ahead and buy all the extra coverage they want from supplemental suppliers.
It seems like a problem that could be solved without the histrionics of a strike, etc.
HP