Companies want to add surcharges for health insurance forobesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol and smokers.
I call BS on this. How can one charge anyone else more for health care when those are just habits that can be seen.
What about all the people who practice unsafe sex, drive like bats our of hell, have anger management problems, genetic problems and predispositions, pregnancy and fertitlity problems, and drug problems.
Until EVERYONE is penalized equally for just living, then employers should just suck it up and deal.
EVERYONE has a vice.
Pretty soon they are going to nit pick enough to that they do not have to provide health care for anyone.
What are you going to do when they start pointing that finger at you to raise YOUR premium because of what neighborhood you live in or how many speeding tickets you have gotten or some other weird measure to put you into a risk catagory?

I am looking to purchase my own health insurance instead of going through my company. I know that the company takes out the cost on a pre-tax basis, but their insurance is not the greatest. If I do decided to sign up for health insurance, will I be able to use the cost of my own health insurance as a deduction fo tax purposes?

My health insurance is through my employer but I have to pay part of the premium and it is deducted from my paycheck each pay period. I am filing my taxes and am being asked if the premiums are paid for with after-tax dollars. Any answers?