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10-20-2016, 05:56 PM

#3841

hawk21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NewRJPilot

Speaking of Health Cover, What would it cost for a couple wanting to have a baby? What ballpark figure would it cost to then deliver the baby?

In the bases, I'm looking to choose a CRJ base where I can stay at with lots of hours, short time to holding a line and quick upgrade/where I'd be based after upgrade. If there is a mix of 2/7/900 would be good too. Any Ideas? Just did the OO CTP Course and Starting Ground 11/7. I was thinking MSP but seems a long wait after IOE now?

Thank you

Bunch of people in the class ahead of me got MSP. Mainly ORD though.

10-20-2016, 06:17 PM

#3842

WesternSkies

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You should want to max out your HSA/year. So you should be looking at about $750 monthly doing that.

Our kids made us hit the max out of pocket. 10k at the time.

10-20-2016, 06:31 PM

#3843

Flyguy01

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Originally Posted by WesternSkies

This new rehire policy is an amazing thing for this pilot group.
Those rehired retain prior longevity pay, but start over at the bottom of the seniority list.

Anyone care to expand on this policy? My buddy was hired back in 2010. He left and now was recently re-hired. Would he be eligible for this new policy?

10-20-2016, 07:12 PM

#3844

moflyer

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Originally Posted by NewRJPilot

Get based in any of the California bases, and when the baby comes you will get paid by the state for baby bonding. I took the full six weeks and was paid based on my best quarter at 66%. I did not live in the state, but was based in Fresno.

10-20-2016, 10:05 PM

#3845

Aurora8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WesternSkies

You should want to max out your HSA/year. So you should be looking at about $750 monthly doing that.

Our kids made us hit the max out of pocket. 10k at the time.

Thanks for all the info. Kinda scary for those of us living in civilized countries that have nationalized health systems...

10-20-2016, 10:20 PM

#3846

rickair7777

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Aurora8

Thanks for all the info. Kinda scary for those of us living in civilized countries that have nationalized health systems...

By civilized you mean 70% income tax and a nine month wait list to see a doctor?

10-20-2016, 11:19 PM

#3847

rcfd13

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

By civilized you mean 70% income tax and a nine month wait list to see a doctor?

Funny I've only heard the 9 month wait to see a doctor quote from Americans. I've never heard it from people I know who actually live in a single payer countries. Most of my friends over there are appalled when I tell them I haven't been to a doctor in 15 years because I can't afford to go to one for any minor issues.

They certainly do pay more income tax than me so that part is always open for debate.

10-21-2016, 06:12 AM

#3848

N1234

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Originally Posted by Mercyful Fate

You are not talking to the right people then...Had a buddy who needed work done on his knee in the UK, and listening to the crap he went through? Yea, they can keep that crap overseas.

I am sure there are better practices than the UK NHS. But it should make you pause to know that the US spends 70% more on healthcare (as a percentage on GDP) than any other civilized Western nation (Health expenditure, total (% of GDP) | Data)

Yet the outcomes are worse along pretty much any dimension - here a comparison of US (http://www.who.int/gho/countries/usa.pdf) vs. CA (http://www.who.int/gho/countries/can.pdf?ua=1).

10-21-2016, 09:01 AM

#3849

WesternSkies

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THREAD CREEP!!! I'm in.

As the previous poster said in regards to our actually dollars as a % of our GDP, we could simply fork over the same amount of $ on hellcare and none of my fellow Americans would ever have to worry or wait to go to a hospital. With the cash we spend we could have doctors on standby for doctors who are on standby. The trick is cutting out the mega corporations out of what is obviously not a marketplace.

10-21-2016, 10:06 AM

#3850

Blizzard

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So if you do your CTP in mid-December and then start Indoc in early January, your seniority within the class would be from the December date, right? (most senior in the new class, given nobody else did the same..)