Blue Mass Group has a discussion of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) tracking of activity by their locals in considering health insurance provided through the states Group Insurance Commission(GIC) program. This is just a slice of the total number of municipal employees who are eligible ...
... to switch to the state plan but, as the blog post points out, information is sparse on this issue. What seems clear is that municipalities are not bringing the issue to the table when negotiating with collective bargaining units.
Dartmouth has an opportunity to put the GIC switch on the agenda since nearly all our collective bargaining agreements are up on June 30th, 2009.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
State GIC health Insurance?
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Bill, 2 things to watch out for on the GIC is that the commitment to it seems to take place before the cost is known, and there was also some concern that it couldn't be used with a 50/50 payment structure.
I am not sure, but I believe the concerns about participating with a 50/50 pay structure were put to rest. One thing that I found interesting was that when this was being discussed back in '07, was that only the consultants who currently handled our insurance were put on the agenda. We never heard from a GIC rep that I recall.
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