He pays what for health insurance?!?!?!
If there was any question left in anyone's mind that Florida's Republican state House exists just primarily to give the finger to the state's working poor, this should put that to rest. They have voted, again, to
reject the state Senate's proposal to expand Medicaid. Bad enough, but at the same time, they
voted to give themselves a great deal on their own health insurance.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Thousands of state workers including Gov. Rick Scott would continue to pay low health insurance premiums under a bill passed by the Florida House.
The Florida House on Friday voted for an overhaul of the state health insurance program that would lock in premiums that even House staff called "extremely low." But it's unlikely the Senate will pass the bill. The House recently rejected a Senate plan to expand health insurance coverage to low-income Floridians.
How low? Really low, as in "$8.34 a month for individual coverage and $30 a month for family coverage." That's for the high-level state employees, like Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, legislative staff and various management level state employees. The legislators along with the rank-and-file state workers pay higher, but still very reasonable, premiums. They shell out $50 a month for individual coverage or $180 a month for family coverage. How nice for them.