Unions blocking health care savings in Wisconsin

[reality_hammer]

The reason: their union-created health insurance company plans cost more than public health insurance plans, so they've blocked attempts to switch and save money.
Hartland - Teachers in the Hartland-Lakeside School District have agreed to switch health insurance providers to save the district $690,000, but the executive committee of a union that

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[pogo101]

These aren't just "generous" and "liberal" plans. They're plans that are chosen -- sometimes over cheaper yet better plans -- precisely BECAUSE the plans are ways to "keep it all in the Union Goon family." It's outright corruption because the local union is getting less value for its members' money.

[polaris93]

There is a grand old American custom that needs to be revived about now: the local neighborhood tar-and-feather party. In this case, "local" should be expanded to cover that entire state. It's about time the damned Left and the public unions need to rediscover the reality principle -- the hard way.