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<blockquote data-quote="Werewolf" data-source="post: 1334026" data-attributes="member: 239">Lots have mentioned this about adding dependents. Not in my experience.&nbsp;Maybe I&#039;ve&nbsp; been lucky but the 3 firms I&#039;ve worked for in the past 25 years adding the wife never cost more than 1/2 again as much as the base premium and adding kids was almost nothing.&nbsp;For example at my current employer it&#039;s something like $80 a paycheck for me, an extra $30 for the wife and another $20 for any number of kids so max is around $130 or so. That&#039;s pretty typical for every place I&#039;ve worked.&nbsp;Then again 2 of the 3 have been Fortune 100 companies and the other a Fortune 500 company. That may be the difference as I imagine the more employees covered the cheaper the premiums.&nbsp;ASIDE: HR is being really cagey when asked about premium increases in Jan. Meeting the new healthcare insurance mandates is expensive.&nbsp;Thanks OBAMA! For NOTHING!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Werewolf, post: 1334026, member: 239"] Lots have mentioned this about adding dependents. Not in my experience. Maybe I've been lucky but the 3 firms I've worked for in the past 25 years adding the wife never cost more than 1/2 again as much as the base premium and adding kids was almost nothing. For example at my current employer it's something like $80 a paycheck for me, an extra $30 for the wife and another $20 for any number of kids so max is around $130 or so. That's pretty typical for every place I've worked. Then again 2 of the 3 have been Fortune 100 companies and the other a Fortune 500 company. That may be the difference as I imagine the more employees covered the cheaper the premiums. ASIDE: HR is being really cagey when asked about premium increases in Jan. Meeting the new healthcare insurance mandates is expensive. Thanks OBAMA! For NOTHING! [/QUOTE]

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