Worried about your health care? Get Hikindcare — generous
coverage paid for entirely by the taxpayer.
Wait, you say you’re not a child of Assemblyman Dov Hikind?
Poor slob. You don’t meet the eligibility requirements.
Yoni Hikind, 32, and Shmuel Hikind, 29, were luckier. They
share DNA and a last name with a Brooklyn elected official.
Though Daddy Hikind couldn’t directly employ his kids — that
would be against anti-nepotism rules, which, believe it or not, Albany has —
Yoni landed a plum job “working” part time for one of daddy’s Assembly
colleagues from Brooklyn, Peter Abbate. Shmuel landed a gig “working” part time
for another Brooklyn member, Rhoda Jacobs.
The Hikind boys don’t make much — around $13,000 and $10,500
a piece — but they hit a magic threshold of 17.5 hours a week that qualifies
them for health insurance on the public dime.
Very good insurance at that. A great deal for them. An
atrocious deal for you.
It gets better or worse, depending on your angle. The two
brothers continue to work for a Flatbush yeshiva (which doesn’t offer health
insurance). Meanwhile, Pops put two other employees of the same yeshiva on his
staff payroll, where their health insurance is covered.
Here’s how Hikindcare scales up: Everyone finds a way to
become friends or family of an elected official. Then everyone gets a
do-almost-nothing job. Then everyone gets to go to the doctor at little or no
cost.
Why didn’t President Obama think of that?
(The Daily News Editorial)
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