The debate has been interesting and much has been focused on history and the present. I realize that none can determine the future with certainty, but I wish to share a possibility that could make the current cuts seem insignificant...
Republicans support free market health care. Some have suggested this is accomplished through high-deductible health care plan and individuals using health savings accounts. In our case this can be accomplished through our ERA/flex-spending accounts.
With collective bargaining limited to wages only, the Walker administration can radically change the insurance plan. The high-deductible plan creates additional cost savings for the budget, and shifts the cost to the employees.
A trifecta of sorts for Walker. He reduces the cost to taxpayers, makes government employee insurance plans look more like many small business plans, and advances the conservative ideology of what market-driven health care reform should look like.
(anonymous UW-Parkside employee)
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