<prompt> Human: For re-enrolling in health benefits this year, my employer has chosen to start passing on a great share of the costs of health insurance on employees since there was an increase in cost for them. For previous years I had been enrolled in a plan that was 100 covered by my employer but now I will have to start contributing around 2,000 per year for even the most basic coverage.It is pretty frustrating that Ill be walking away with less net pay now, and after trying to negotiate for a raise last year and only getting a small cost of living wage increase it sucks that most of that is getting eaten up by having to pay for benefits that I have now lost.Im just wondering how normal this is or any advice on how to approach the situation?  <response>: Very normal. The cost of health insurance has been going up a lot, and while it sounds like your employer has been hearing the brunt of that, premiums have been going up for most people I know for years.The amount of the increase is a little shocking though. 