does my employer who recieves a group rate for health insurance have to offer it to me?
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I have been at my job for 2 and a half years and both my boss, his wife and son have health insurance through their business at a group rate and all three are employees, but they have not offered it to any of my coworkers or myself. Is this against health insurance policies, to recieve a group rate but not pay for other employee portions or even offer if they want it?
Depends on how the employees are classed. If they offer it to all salaried employees, but not hourly employees, that’s fine. Or they can offer it to all executive officers, or all board members, and that’s fine, without offering it to non executives or non board members. It’s very, very easy to divide employees into different classes – one you want to insure, and one you don’t.
Obviously, you can’t offer to some salaried without offering it to all, UNLESS you ALSO have a class of "board members" or such. The health insurance company is going to require a total list of employees, and a class of employee, to be sure that the employer is insuring (usually at least 75%) of the class they offer benefits to.
The OBVIOUS answer here, is to tell your boss, health insurance is an issue, and tell them you need group health insurance. And if he turns you down on it, then start shopping around for another job, where you WOULD have health benefits.
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