health plan

[unpakwon]

Please make the following in red clear for me.

More remarkable, Jobs was running Apple without a paycheck. He agreed to a salary of just $1 a year, enough that his family could take advantage of the health plan.

Is this saying "his family can get the benefit of the health plan if he earns $1 a year"? Maybe I don't understand the system.

Thank you.

[emsr2d2]

Please make the following in red clear for me.

More remarkable, Jobs was running Apple without a paycheck. He agreed to a salary of just $1 a year, enough that his family could take advantage of the health plan.

Is this saying "his family can get the benefit of the health plan if he earns $1 a year"? Maybe I don't understand the system.

Thank you.

I don't know how the health plan system in the USA works either, but from the piece, it appears that someone simply has to draw a salary, however minimal, in order for them and their family to be allowed to benefit from the health plan.

[Barb_D]

You simply have to be an employee (not a volunteer).

[Gillnetter]

I don't know how the health plan system in the USA works either, but from the piece, it appears that someone simply has to draw a salary, however minimal, in order for them and their family to be allowed to benefit from the health plan.

This was a private plan seemingly put together and funded by Apple. As long as a person was gainfully employed at Apple, they were eligible to receive the health care benefits.

[unpakwon]

Do you mean "the health plan" in the original quote refers to Apple's health plan, not the national health plan?

[emsr2d2]

Do you mean "the health plan" in the original quote refers to Apple's health plan, not the national health plan?

Yes, it refers to a private company health plan.

[Gillnetter]

Do you mean "the health plan" in the original quote refers to Apple's health plan, not the national health plan?

Yes, there is no national health plan in the US.

[SoothingDave]

Yes, there is no national health plan in the US.

Only for the elderly, the disabled, and the indigent.

[TheParser]

[QUOTE=SoothingDave;841741]Only for the elderly


NOT A TEACHER


Here in the States, old people such as I have something called Medicare.

It pays 80% of our medical costs.

[unpakwon]

I see.

Thank you all.