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eBay To Offer Health Insurance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the crazy-grown-up-job-world dept.

Logic Bomb writes "EBay has announced it will be offering group health coverage for "full time eBay merchants". Anyone who grosses over $1000/month in sales -- at least a whopping 80,000 users in good standing -- will be eligible to buy into a typical "employee" health plan. This is a big first in the Internet world. Full details from the LA Times." And the LA Times, trying to cop a pose from the NY Times, reqs a login.

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post... plz!!! ------ bah forgot subject so i wont have it :(

  2. The first post thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why not take a lead from fark. Anyone who puts in first post has their post moved ahead 12 hours and changed to boobies.

  3. NY Times invented Login: by qurob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And the NY Times, invented the username/password idea?

    And the LA Times, trying to cop a pose from the NY Times, reqs a login.

  4. good idea by RogueProtoKol · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    slightly OT: slashdot should do this, anyone with 1,000 karma or more gets health insurance, or protection from negative karma forever on topic: what does it cover you for though, if your making $1,000 a month on eBay expect alot of RSI, bad back etc....

    1. Re:good idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      of course, newer users have a 50-karma ceiling. Old users have to sit and watch their karma go down everytime someone moderates them "overrated".

      Anyhow, ebay is actually profitable, VA Linux has 5 months of cash reserves left.