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The school is still paying the same share of the premiums over the summer as they do the rest of the year. Did you really think you were paying the full premium over the summer? [b]Or that they were taking the full premiums for the summer out of your paychecks during the school year?[/b][/quote]

In my school district, yes, that's how we are paid.

I earn a salary of $83,320/year. I'm paid for 22 pay periods. My yearly health care insurance premiums, long term disability, pension contributions, etc are divided up for the year by 22 and the amount is paid from that paycheck. The school district's share of our premiums and contribution to our pensions comes during those 22 pay periods, as well.

From each paycheck about 1/6 of my gross pay (actually 18%) is withheld (after taxes).  They keep that for teachers in a "Summer Pay" fund.  We get 4 paychecks in the summer from that fund. But all our premiums are paid from the 22 salary paychecks. Not from the 4 summer fund paychecks.[/quote]

[b]You realize what they withhold from your paychecks doesn’t cover the entire premium, don’t you? The school pays most of the premium, even for those summer months when you're not working.[/b]

This really isn’t that complicated.[/quote]

The school pays the insurance premiums, and their contribution to our pension, and our salary, in 22 increments, which covers the full year.   No one is paying any premiums at all during the 4 "Summer Pay" periods. At that point all the premiums have been paid already.

My comments were in response to someone posting these comments:

[quote]"The school is still paying the same share of the premiums over the summer as they do the rest of the year. Did you really think you were paying the full premium over the summer? Or that they were taking the full premiums for the summer out of your paychecks during the school year?"[/quote]

and

[quote]"They take your share of the premiums out of your pay to cover the summer months— the district is still paying their share during the summer months. That’s a lot of money. A few small outside employment conditions is still an incredibly good deal for the teachers."[/quote]

You probably don't work Saturdays and Sundays, but your employer's contribution to your health care insurance also covers those days, right?  I guess if you want to be technical about it, you could say that your employer is "subsidizing" your weekend health insurance.  [/quote]

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