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[Post New]10/15/2018 10:54
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Have you in the past are are currently/expecting to provide health insurance to your Nanny?
[Post New]10/15/2018 11:18
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Anonymous
We did not for our first three nannies (two part time and one full time). Then we moved, and after the experiences with those three, we offered a $200/mo stipend to our new full time nanny. In the case of our first three, two had insurance through a spouse already, but the third did not, and had some major health problems. She was ultimately able to get Medicaid because she got pregnant, but before she qualified for Medicaid, she missed a lot of work, and I felt like I couldn't tell her she had to see a doctor since I also wasn't providing insurance.

Ultimately, I was able to find a policy for her that was just a little bit more, and we covered all of it. There are altruistic and selfish reasons to do it, and I felt good about it for all of those reasons.
[Post New]10/15/2018 12:15
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Anonymous
I had two bosses who paid my health insurances from 1988-2013. From 2013-2018 I went on my new husbands' insurances and thats why my employer at that time didn't pay my health insurances for me.

If your nanny is caring for your children, and she is doing an excellent job filling in for you and their father when you both aren't there what's wrong with you showing her the same care as she is showing your children? Some of you people really makes me angry.
[Post New]10/15/2018 14:42
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Anonymous
We did provide full healthcare coverage for DD’s nanny after six months.
[Post New]10/15/2018 15:56
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Anonymous
We don't "provide" health insurance, but we do cover a portion (or all, depending on tenure) of our nanny's premiums.

[Post New]10/15/2018 20:54
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I had two bosses who paid my health insurances from 1988-2013. From 2013-2018 I went on my new husbands' insurances and thats why my employer at that time didn't pay my health insurances for me.

If your nanny is caring for your children, and she is doing an excellent job filling in for you and their father when you both aren't there what's wrong with you showing her the same care as she is showing your children? Some of you people really makes me angry.


Because it’s cost prohibitive. There are tons of small businesses that don’t offer health insurance to their salaried employees either. Not to mention large businesses that don’t offer health insurance to hourly workers even though they could afford to do so.
[Post New]10/15/2018 21:32
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Anonymous
No. In Bethesda.

Maybe in lieu of a deserved raise one year in order to be advantageous to both of us. But our nanny times out after five years.
[Post New]10/15/2018 23:08
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Anonymous
Yes, we do provide healthcare coverage for our children’s nanny. It is a huge perk for the job and clearly the right thing to do.
[Post New]10/16/2018 12:03
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Anonymous
I’ve been a nanny since 2012, and my current position issues is the first that has offered it. My employers are amazing, and it’s just one reason why!
[Post New]10/16/2018 13:52
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had two bosses who paid my health insurances from 1988-2013. From 2013-2018 I went on my new husbands' insurances and thats why my employer at that time didn't pay my health insurances for me.

If your nanny is caring for your children, and she is doing an excellent job filling in for you and their father when you both aren't there what's wrong with you showing her the same care as she is showing your children? Some of you people really makes me angry.


Because it’s cost prohibitive. There are tons of small businesses that don’t offer health insurance to their salaried employees either. Not to mention large businesses that don’t offer health insurance to hourly workers even though they could afford to do so.


Perhaps the luxury of both parents immersed in their careers is cost prohibitive when you have young children.
[Post New]10/16/2018 17:09
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Anonymous
We cover all her premiums but she’s been with us a long time. She started off as a school aide and was on a group plan so it was much lower. When she quit to nanny for us full-time, we paid her individual premiums in full, even as they climbed every year. We can afford it but I could see how many young families could not cover that and provide full-time pay.
[Post New]10/16/2018 17:17
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Anonymous
I would think (or rather “assume”) that most Nannies do not make a very high salary, so because of that the majority would qualify for Medicaid.

I may be wrong however.
[Post New]10/16/2018 18:05
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I would think (or rather “assume”) that most Nannies do not make a very high salary, so because of that the majority would qualify for Medicaid.

I may be wrong however.


You the very wrong for full time nannies.
[Post New]10/16/2018 18:06
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I would think (or rather “assume”) that most Nannies do not make a very high salary, so because of that the majority would qualify for Medicaid.

I may be wrong however.


At $26 an hour, I didn’t even qualify for a subsidy under Obamacare!! How much do you think full time nannies earn?!
[Post New]10/16/2018 19:36
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would think (or rather “assume”) that most Nannies do not make a very high salary, so because of that the majority would qualify for Medicaid.

I may be wrong however.


At $26 an hour, I didn’t even qualify for a subsidy under Obamacare!! How much do you think full time nannies earn?!

She's probably thinking of the broken-English babysitters who get $16/hr.
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