Change Is Slow in Coming to Teachers' Health-Care Reform

Change is slow in coming to teachers' health-care reform
Posted by anixon July 06, 2008 00:01AM
This was to be the year that Michigan school officials mounted an aggressive attack on health-care costs.
As it turns out -- not so much.
Last fall, state lawmakers approved reforms designed to make it easier for school districts to shop for health insurance, one of their fastest-growing expenses.
But implementing those reforms is proving to be harder than anticipated, school officials and lawmakers say, because of stalling tactics by Michigan Education Special Services Association, or MESSA, the organization that dominates the school health-insurance market.
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