Health Insurance

This is not for people under 18 (or people who do not have insurance through their parents)

How many of you have health insurance? If you do, is it provided by your employer, or do you pay chunks of money out of your check for the insurance?


I for one do not have any.. It'd cost me about $190 a month for it and I never go to the doctor and don't take any medication..I'm not going to pay that much money for it.. lol

well i am going to be getting health insurance threw my employer and i think all i'll have to put in is around 20 bucks a paycheck

about $170 a month for me and I'm like you, not having to go to the doctor's office or hospital in years.

i guess I'm just taking a risk. I only make $8.50 and hour so I'm not going to dish out that much when I'm not going to the doctor.. if I were to come down with a major sickness or get in a car wreck this insurance won't cover it anyways... its really sorry insurance.. only covers a small amount.

I just started my new job abt a month ago, I am pretty sure I get health insurance from them.

You don't know? .. I would have found that out before I even started.

My health insurance is part of my "compenstation packet" (whatever) I make about 37,000 a year and they claim our benefits are worth around 20,000 a year. I can't tell. To answer your question I pay 42.00 a payperiod for insurance for my wife and I it covers med/dental/vision. I hope I never really need it!!

I know I they're going to give it to me but I think its like a 90 day thing. I dont remember, doesnt really matter anyways it pays pretty decently. I also get life insurance, they take $10.00 a week for that.

I get my health insurance paid by my employer 100%. I also have life insurance there too and I dont have to pay for any of that either. Its my christmas bonus thats really worth bragging about though

Yoouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu suck.

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ORIGINAL: magnet

I get my health insurance paid by my employer 100%. I also have life insurance there too and I dont have to pay for any of that either. Its my christmas bonus thats really worth bragging about though

Damn where do you work!!

Yeah really ... Did it take a degree? Can I put in my resume? No? Damn it.

Im a fabricator/welder. I work for a small company that does the intriquite things noone else wants to do. We are sub-contracted by Hammerts Iron Works out of St. Louis. All I do day in and day out is take blueprints that my boss gives me and fabricate stairs, handrails, structural steel (beams, tubes, channels, etc.) Real challenging job though. Here in the last two weeks we got in like 120, 000 lbs of steel. There are only 6 of us in the shop! You can imagine the horror from here.

That job sounds fun to me! I've never tried welding, but I've always been interested in it. How hard is it?

welding isnt too hard to do but it is hard to be good at. I did it a bit in the high school. Mostly just mig welding though.

Might turn into a hobby of mine when I get older... how much does welding equipment cost? .. I guess you would say a welding "starter kit" haha

depends on what kind of welding. Mine is mostly MIG (which is fast production). And it is a fun job. I have a million pics of things I have made over the last several years. And of course I make myself and my son things after work somtimes. I have made 2 beds (one for my son is a loft bed with a built in computer desk), 2 coat-racks, several end-tables and 2 coffee tables. Oh, and a cool looking A-frame porch swing. Theres more Im forgetting no doubt, but thats some of it. Go here and you will see alot of what I make before its erected in the field if ya wanna look>>>>http://www.hammertsiron.com/

then go to projects.

Oh, and I meant to add my new welder came in today, Miller, around $6000. Doubt you will want to start with something like that though!

Sounds like a fun time.. how hot does it get welding? I know you work in a shop and not out "in the field" but still.. hot hot hot hot??

lets put it this way, I left at an hour and a half early like 2 days ago due to heat exhaustion (and I DID drink plenty of water). While welding with a mig you cannot have a fan on you due to the gas shielding. Funny thing is the day I left early I wasnt even welding or cutting anything with oxy/acetelene or a plasma cutter.

I'm not sure what oxy/acetelene or plasma cutters are... I know nothing about welding..

..but heat exhaustion? .. and you were indoors? .. jesus.. that's harsh stuff.... lol

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ORIGINAL: mysterio2099

I'm not sure what oxy/acetelene or plasma cutters are... I know nothing about welding..

..but heat exhaustion? .. and you were indoors? .. jesus.. that's harsh stuff.... lol

correct me if i'm wrong, but the oxy/acetelene are just using a flame to cut through the metal and the plasma uses a current, right?

the oxy/acetelene is with just a flame, you may use it for cutting, or you may just use the flame with a, oh crap i cant remeber the name of the stuff, but its just a thin wire that you basically melt to create a weld, a very weak weld at that.

Oxy/acetelene has 3 tips (cutting, brazing, and a rosebud). Cutting is for cutting (duh!), brazing is for light melting of steel together by means of rods (non flux), and a rosebud is for heating metal. A plasma cutter is my personal favorite. It takes high amounts of electricity and compressed air to make the cut. Little to NO slag (which means less grinding), and no warpage like using oxy/acetelene on thin metal. Also a plasma cutter can cut almost any kind of metal, whereas with oxy/acetelene you cant cut stainless and copper, etc. And brazing has its purposes too, as its only used for thin things whereas otherwise you would continue to blow holes in it with a welder. But if you are brazing, its for something light duty and you cant expect the material to hold up to alot anyways. We also have a welder I have been using for the past 3 days, its a stud welding machine. It will take a 6" stud and make a complete weld (sounds like a quick buzz) and it makes the whole weld in less than a half of a second. The power wire to that baby is like 1 1/4 around, and heavy as hell.

hehe, a lot of good info I won't remember unless I experience it first hand

from health insurance to welding school. Good stuff

lol..normally I wouldnt go on and on, but you all seemed a lil interested! That will teach ya. haha