Louisiana health system charging workers $200 for unvaccinated spouses
CBSN
It could pay to encourage your spouse to become vaccinated against COVID-19, especially as the financial cost of refusing to get the jab rises.
Ochsner Health, the largest nonprofit health care system in Louisiana, announced it will charge workers an additional $200 per month to insure their unvaccinated spouses or partners covered by the hospital group's insurance policies, citing the high cost of caring for and treating patients with COVID-19.
The company referred to the new surcharge, which will take effect in 2022, as a "cost adjustment for adult dependents (spouses and domestic partners) who are not vaccinated against COVID-19."
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