tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post6066464138974775120..comments2024-03-27T12:56:38.992-07:00Comments on The Skeptical Bureaucrat: Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching!TSBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-41678883880866917742009-08-25T07:52:57.114-07:002009-08-25T07:52:57.114-07:00Non-wage compensation definitely accounts for part...Non-wage compensation definitely accounts for part the growing gap. The BEA comparison on wages alone - not including other benefits - still showed the feds having an advantage, but by a less steep curve. <br /><br />I'll have to look for data on comparative public-private health care costs. I do know that employer-based health care plans are still the norm in the private sector. According to U.S. census data (at: http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p60-235.pdf figure 7) 68% of the public reported having a health care plan of some kind other than a government-run plan like Medicare or S-CHIP, and nearly all of them reported having an employer-based plan. Only 9% directly purchased their plans. <br /><br />I suspect that public-vs-private health care costs would still be an apples-to-oranges comparison, however, since the federal employee coverage pool is probably much more middle class and low-risk than the general public pool, with fewer crack addicts, etc.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-80147828064310687092009-08-24T22:22:38.386-07:002009-08-24T22:22:38.386-07:00Hmm, it includes wages and benefits. Could part o...Hmm, it includes wages and benefits. Could part of the increase be that our employer is absorbing much of our health care cost increases?hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664942400486395078noreply@blogger.com