Stop the proposal to increase your share of your health care premiums from 20% to 25%
The MTA will have a lobbying day on Thursday, April 2nd, 9:30 AM at the State House in the Gardner Auditorium to tell legislatures that we oppose increasing your share of health care premiums from 20% to 25%. With the increases in co-pays and deductibles you will face, these increased premium costs will be a hardship for our families.
Significant changes for your health care costs already include (and we cannot change these):
• Deductibles will increase for individuals from $250 to $300 per year and for families from $750 to $900 per year.
• Co-pays for office visits to specialists will rise from $25/$35/$45 to $30/$60/$90.
• Outpatient surgery co-pays will increase from $125/$150 per occurrence to $250 per occurrence.
• Inpatient hospital admissions will increase from $250/$500/$750 to $275/$500/$1,500.
• Premiums increases for most plans, for an average of 5.7% See
From the FSU
Reminder! Nominations for FSU Officers and Executive Members are due Friday April 1 by 1PM. Seats for the following constituencies are up for re-election: Tenure Track Faculty, Tenured Faculty, and Non-Tenure Track Faculty. In addition, the office of Vice President is open for re-election (the VP can be from any constituency). Contact the FSU if you are interested in running.