Do said private companies offer employees the ability to opt out of their insurance plan? Because jersey city does not. I only pay for myself because my husband (who works for a private company) gets free Healthcare and I cannot opt out of mine to go on his. If I had a family of four on my plan, it would cost me $800 a month.

Also, while I have summers off, I don't get vacation days, which I'm sure many private sector employees have. I also don't get a paid maternity leave unless I pay for short term disability insurance.

If I come off as entitled, it's because I've been teaching for too long to put up with not being treated like a human being by the people I have to answer to.

That's not what I'm asking. The current pay plan for benefits was negotiated so we could get a cap on payout. My question is do you think it's fair that teachers are paying for Healthcare to begin with since we can't opt out?

What about the current setup with health benefits? Healthcare is free in so many industries, why are jersey city teachers paying so much, especially when they cannot opt out of the Healthcare plan?

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