Retirement Decision / health coverage question - Page 5

Tissyanne · ‎12-07-2012

@151949 wrote:
@maestra wrote:
Hate to clue the hot house orchids here but no, health insurance isnt included when you retire from a Catholic diocese-nor is a retirement package.

So much for Catholic Social Justice-a crock!

Hospitals don't give their professional staff retirement packages either. All I got was a catered in lunch for the staff in my department so we could have a "party" all the while still doing our full days assignments, and my manager knew we were moving to Florida so she gave me a white gold necklace of a flamingo with a pink sapphire body - which I love and wear often. Then at the end of my shift the VP of nursing made a big deal of presenting me with a check that was my retirement because i had elected to receive it all in a lump sum.It was far from being a gift since it was my money taken from my paychecks over 10 years - no matching funds or anything. She said so aren't you going to thank me as she handed it to me and I answered" For what - giving me my own money ? Well , thank you for delivering the check but they could have mailed it to me."

I asked my DH what a retirement package is and he said usually they offer those when they are trying to get rid of you.They make it very attractive for you to retire, and then your out of their hair.

No, those are severance packages when a company is needing to cut you loose.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

@chickenbutt wrote:
Terrier - I have a question, please, about healthcare.gov.

I don't have medical insurance. I am not an employee OR an employer,.

I tried going onto healthcare.gov to see if I can get medical insurance but the ONLY way you can proceed on is to choose either 'employer' or 'employee'.

Being that I am neither of those things, does that mean that I just cannot go on to finding rates for insurance and proceed on to getting covered?

TIA for any advice.

At the very top of healthcare.gov there is a tab for "Individuals and Families". That is the classification you will need. You also need to be living in a state that uses the federal exchange...there is a scroll down menu that includes those states. If yiur state isn't there - you will need to get the address for your state's marketplace exchange.

Edited to add - you have to be under 65 and making a minimum amount of money.