Our union splits healthcare costs 50/50 with the contractors association, runs $9/hr out of our negotiated wage.

Salaried emailrace have no idea what their total compensation actually is because their employers are not required to tell them. 

 Before my work went with strictly High Deductible Plans the “gold” PPP plan was 18k a year and that was like 15 years ago. 

 Reminds me of "do you think its bad that kids get castrated" videos, where they deny its happening, say its wrong to accuse them, and when presented with proof they say its alright and nothing wrong with it.