History of UFT Copays – Can You Help?

How did they sneak in so many copays? I am hoping you have part of the answer…

Which copays were added, and when? Which were increased, and when? When did co-pays get increased on some providers, but not all?

I am focused today on GHI (Emblem) for in-service members. I think pre-Medicare retirees have the same package.

I have some of the records, and I want to write a piece. But I’m missing a lot.

Dear readers, can you help? Did you save notices of new copays, copay increases, changing rules for copays? They may have come above Mulgrew’s signature, or as an email from the Welfare Fund. They also may have been in Chapter Leader Updates, for anyone who saves those. I don’t recall emails from GHI, but there may have been. And there may have been letters from GHI.

My imperfect recollection is that they have snuck in a lot, piecemeal, over time. Let’s see if the documents bear this out.

Oh – big question – when did copays start? Were GHI copays there forever for members? I don’t think so.

An interesting aspect – the NY City code calls for cost-free, not premium-free, health care. We will come back to this.

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Last week I wrote – I am paying A LOT in copays this year.

Here are some other bits I’ve written about copays:

https://jd2718.org/2022/11/02/quiz-health-care-cuts-or-health-care-savings/