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“Unvaccinated Workers Pay More for Health Insurance”

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If people were to bear the cost of their decision, rather than let the rest of us pick up the tab, they might rethink their decision. Executives at some companies are now starting to charge unvaccinated workers more for health insurance premiums.They say they are doing so to encourage workers to get vaccinated and to offset costs incurred when employees are hospitalized for COVID-19.The policies are similar to those invoked on employees who smoke.Most employees will continue to have the right to choose whether or not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.  "Unvaccinated Workers Pay More for Health Insurance"

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If people were to bear the cost of their decision, rather than let the rest of us pick up the tab, they might rethink their decision. 


Executives at some companies are now starting to charge unvaccinated workers more for health insurance premiums.

They say they are doing so to encourage workers to get vaccinated and to offset costs incurred when employees are hospitalized for COVID-19.

The policies are similar to those invoked on employees who smoke.

Most employees will continue to have the right to choose whether or not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.


  "Unvaccinated Workers Pay More for Health Insurance"

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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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