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MEA Demands Immediate Health Insurance Payment From School District In Serious Debt
Judge ruled Pontiac School District has 10 years to pay off $7.8 million
… is demanding full payment to MESSA. MESSA is a third-party administrator … districts in the state.
MESSA has said it will end its health … Township.
But continuing with MESSA, which is considered an expensive … switching from the top-tier MESSA plan to a high-deductible plan … more
Legislators Link Common-Sense Reforms to Tax Hikes
Focus is on state employee benefits
… that essentially deal with MESSA, the health insurance administration … supplies mandatory competition to MESSA,
which currently holds health … addition, the bills require MESSA to furnish a district with … aggregate claims history under MESSA insurance plans. Release of … data was bitterly opposed by MESSA and the MEA, but other health … more
Michigan Public School Health Insurance Costs Soar Above National Trends
… employee groups (most often teachers). MESSA's average premium increase this year … pay for 1,800 full-time teachers. MESSA is also sitting on about $260 million … disparity between national trends and MESSA. One is that MESSA only offers districts a choice between … more
Teachers Union Insurer Sells Coverage For Some Nonunion Staff, But Not These Two
‘They are making an example out of us’
… through a subsidiary called MESSA. They say also that the union … superintendent on Aug. 27 that MESSA would not renew their coverage. … nonunion employees were offered MESSA insurance, but they never got … quality health coverage through MESSA. When a group of MEA members … MEA membership, including MESSA coverage.”
“No one would expect … more
MEA Ignores Reality In Complaints About Health Care Cost Increases
Union-backed health plan far more expensive than most other plans
… done.
Ravenna’s teachers voted to switch from the MESSA Choices II plan to a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan with … insurance for its employees. By switching out of MESSA, the costs for a full-family plan went from $18,000 with MESSA to $14,900 for the new insurance, Van Loon said. … more
Recaps of New Teachers Union Contracts
… expensive plan sold by the MEA union's MESSA arm — to a slightly less generous … to one administered by the union's MESSA arm. For the first time, teachers … change health insurance plans from MESSA to a competitor (HealthPlus) — a move … switched from Physicians Health Plan to MESSA. Teachers will receive a 0.5 percent … more
School District Could Buy Laptop For Every Student If Teachers Paid Private-Sector Average For Health Care
East Grand Rapids technology plan could be funded with help from new state law
… costs for its employees as long as MESSA insurance rates don’t increase higher … amount. In 2011-12, the contract states if MESSA rates increase by 6 percent or more, … insurance services and have received bids. MESSA, considered the Cadillac of health … expensive health care plan other than MESSA, the savings would be even more. … more
Teacher Pay Hikes Happen Despite Expired Union Contract
… district paid $1,325 a month for employees in the MESSA Choices II family plan. A Mackinac Center survey … most popular plan for teachers in district.
The MESSA plan is affiliated with the Michigan Education … Family Foundation survey.
And for fiscal 2009-10, MESSA premiums increased by 13 percent.
“The school … more
Are Teachers Not 'Treated With Respect' by Taxpayers?
… percent of the premium for teachers who choose the MESSA Choices II health care plan. Private-sector employees … percent of the premium for teachers who select the MESSA Choices II health care plan. (The district does … health care premiums for teachers who select the MESSA Choices II health care plan. A teacher with 25 … more
Teacher Pay Hikes Happen Despite Expired Union Contract
… district paid $1,325 a month for employees in the MESSA Choices II family plan. A Mackinac Center survey … most popular plan for teachers in district.
The MESSA plan is affiliated with the Michigan Education … Family Foundation survey.
And for fiscal 2009-10, MESSA premiums increased by 13 percent.
“The school … more
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