What a tight-ass! Most companies cover families as a way to keep the employee happy. And, BTW, I pay extra to cover my wife.
That's what freeloaders always say.
BTW, I pay extra to cover my wife.
I'm sure you do. But I doubt you pay (directly, anyway) her entire premium. Probably most of this is paid directly by the company, as an invisible component of your benefits package. As additional (untaxed) income to you, it's a benefit a single person like me would not enjoy. The realities of corporate budgeting being what they are, the total health insurance premium is first allocated between the company and the employees as a whole, and only then allocated between singles and marrieds. Your company extends offers of employment to singles and marrieds, including medical benefits, without knowing which marrieds will opt for joint coverage (and thus help themselves to additional aggregate household benefits at the expense of the singles).
As I said before, I can reconcile myself to the societal good of subsidising authentic marriage and family life, even at my own cost. But your ungracious attitude of entitlement toward this state of affairs is unedifying, to say the least.