Make More / Pay More

I never gave it whole lot of thought, but we had an interesting policy at Express Scripts.  The more money you made then the more you paid for your benefits.  It looked something like the following:

• <$40,000 in salary – pay $150/mo.
• $40,001 – $65,000 – pay $225/mo.
• $65,001 – 85,000 – pay $300/mo.
• $85,001 – $110,000 – pay $375/mo.
• >$110,001 – pay $500/mo.

Although it is against my Republican tendencies about money, it made sense.  I think it is a reasonable strategy for companies.  Every time I bring it up, people think it is a novel idea so I thought I would mention it here.