national insurance
(UK, Ireland) A system of taxes paid by workers and employers, used primarily to fund state benefits.
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Born ~1911 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
TxDOT recorded 851 crashes in Kendall County during 2023. My partner Lupe spent years working for national insurance firms and now uses that insider knowledge to stop them from lowballing you. #KendallCounty #TexasLaw
You must have missed the bit where I said "medical insurance". We pay for it through National Insurance contributions taken from our wages, 8% employee + 15% employer. Those contributions aren't solely for healthcar…
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(UK, Ireland) A system of taxes paid by workers and employers, used primarily to fund state benefits.
“TxDOT recorded 851 crashes in Kendall County during 2023. My partner Lupe spent years working for national insurance firms and now uses that insider knowledge to stop them from lowballing you. #KendallCounty #TexasLaw”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You must have missed the bit where I said "medical insurance". We pay for it through National Insurance contributions taken from our wages, 8% employee + 15% employer. Those contributions aren't solely for healthcare either, they pay towards state pensions too.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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