I really feel like the higher ups understand us workers and have heard us. They get it and are here for us. Thats why I think its great during this time of huge profits they increased the insurance premiums over 20% to let us know how much we are valued. Oh and on top of it higher deductibles /out of pocket costs. Thank you marathon you are the best.
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@yd Like the 4-5 million marathon spends a year on lobbying? Where should that money go?
Healthcare costs, like the Trump tariffs, function as a regressive tax hitting lower-income households much more than the richest relative to their income. Obviously, this is no surprise. Maybe it is a little less obvious that our out-of-control healthcare spending is due to lack of price limits, fee-for-service physician structures, inflated specialist salaries, administrative costs, and opaque hospital pricing. The American Medical Association spent about $24.78 million on lobbying in 2024, ranking it 7th out of 9,200 registered lobbyists. Additionally, the American Hospital Association in 2024 spent roughly $30.22 million ranking 4th. So quit complaining about our sky-high MPC health insurance costs. Things won’t change until we reclaim democracy from the grip of lobbying.
I guess The Hard doors were to the Marathon Benefits office to take a slice from the 19,000 employees. Im sure the Executives took a hit too right.
@bv and who can afford a million in stocks
Glad I’ll be getting that 4% cost of living increase that Marathon so generously gives us to cover that 20% increase for health insurance.
I see the last post about this also got removed. I wonder how long this one will last.
@bv very true. I could just sell a kidney and that will cover me for years.
@OP I don’t understand why you’re complaining. They also increased the dividend on the stock. So if you own $1 million of stock that will more than pay for the increase in the premium.