The Governor Wants Your Family to Pay More for Your Health Care
Governor Maura Healy wants the Group Insurance Commission (GIC), where most state and town employees get their health care coverage, to shift millions of dollars of health care costs onto public sector workers and their families.
The GIC has not yet decided, but some of the measures being considered include:
● Increasing our medical deductibles by $250 for individuals or $500 for family plans.
● Increasing copays by 50 percent.
● Eliminating coverage of GLP-1 for weight loss.
● Additional cost increases are posted here.
Although we don’t know exactly what they will choose to implement, we do know that nearly every single option would pass costs onto us, in addition to the huge increases in GIC premiums we have seen over the past few years. This is an attack on all public employees!
These changes would wipe out the contract gains we’ve fought for recently. We know our members cannot afford to bear these costs.
But here is the good news. We’ve fought GIC cuts before and won. We are going to need to put up a fight if we want to stop this round of cuts.
Here is what YOU can do:
● Send an email to Maura Healey. We need all of our members and everyone you know to do this. It’s easy to click on this email, send it, and then share it far and wide.
● Attend a GIC listening session. The GIC is hosting three virtual listening sessions. We need to pack these virtual meetings to send GIC members a clear message that we are paying attention, and we know what they are trying to do. The sessions are Jan. 27 at 12 p.m., Jan. 27 at 6 p.m., and Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. You NEED to pre-register for one of these sessions.
● Talk to your friends and family. This is an attack on all public sector workers! We need everyone in this fight. If you know firefighters, nurses in public hospitals, or other public employees, we need them and their unions to join this fight. We have informational fliers to share.
RELEVANT LINKS AND RESOURCES
● Email Governor Maura Healey:
● Pack the GIC listening sessions:
● MTA campaign page:
● Informational flier: