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Ms. Toad

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2. Actually only 11 years.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 12:22 AM

Nov 25

It wasn't fully implemented until 2014, and even then there was a one year extension for employers to merge the drug and medical out of pocket caps. . . . I changed jobs that year and had significantly higher costs than anticipated because of that extension.

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