Mentor Graphics Health Insurance

good options for the employees

it's ok, costs are rising, dependent coverage is quite expensive

health insurance is very expensive for a family.

Best...it's available. Worst...premiums escalating much faster than employee income. Huge penalty to insure spouse.

Full coverage with reasonable deductible

meets average industry norms but this is not the best option. Copays are usually high and even deductibles are high. For ex, Naturak delivery would cost somewhere close to $4000 and visiting a specialist office would take $75.

Self insured at the time- though that may have changed with increasing costs.

Very expensive and biased against east coast employees

Best health insurance of any company that I've worked for.

I had Kaiser, but they also offer PPO where you can chose a doctor within "the network". I chose Kaiser and have found it to workout great for what I've used it for.