Cadillac Health Coverage For NH State Employees

Sometimes it pays to be a state government employee - one example is New Hampshire's health care coverage for state employees - from gym memberships to nutritional counseling.

Pregnant women pay nothing for prenatal care; alcoholics aren’t billed for short stints in rehab. Seeing a therapist costs just $10, as many as 20 visits a year, and prescription drugs top out at $30 for a three-month mail-order supply. New Hampshire state employees get $450 annually toward gym memberships, if they go regularly, or $200 toward their own treadmill - and there’s a $150 annual reimbursement for yoga classes, diabetes clinics, and nutritional counseling.

If I were a NH taxpayer footing the bill, I would be a bit upset that state employees get better treatment than the taxpayers. And no doubt they would be exempt from Obama's plan to tax private employer health care benefits as well.