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District Dumps Union Insurance, Saves $450K and Pays 100% of Health Care

Dansville switches from MESSA

… Special Services Association (MESSA), which is an affiliate of … 2012-13. A spokesman for MESSA said he thinks the district … and government relations for MESSA. "This district has taken on … predict they will be back with MESSA soon." However, not everyone … cheapest, best insurance." MESSA has long been the favored insured …

Dropping Union Health Insurance Saves District $737K

MESSA revenue drops $190 million

… according to the superintendent. MESSA is a third-party administrator … would have paid had it kept MESSA. She said the employees do … visits. Dansville dropped MESSA in 2011-12. Because of a 2011 … schools could spend on it, MESSA has seen its program revenue … documents filed with the IRS. MESSA’s program revenues have dropped …

In Pontiac, MEA Local Raises $12K For School Supplies While Union Health Insurance Arm Sues District for $7.8 Million

Union affiliated MESSA got $7.8M judgment against Pontiac School District

… Special Services Association (MESSA) is a third-party administrator … according to the Oakland Press. MESSA's trustees all have direct ties … health insurance bill and MESSA has to sue them to get their … getting rid of the top-tier MESSA insurance and finding less … that by dumping a top-tier MESSA program and getting a less …

Mackinac Center awarded $77K for reporting that MEA improperly took COVID-19 relief money

MEA and MESSA improperly took $12.5 million in COVID relief money through Paycheck Protection Program

… the MEA or 501(c)(9) nonprofits like MESSA. But both organizations sought and … anyway. In April 2020, the MEA and MESSA both applied for PPP funding. The MEA received $6.4 million while MESSA received $6.1 million, for a total … its action because when the MEA and MESSA took the funds, that denied other …

Most Michigan Schools Surveyed Still Buying Union’s Costlier Health Insurance

After a five-year pause, costs again on the rise

… Association, a teachers union. MESSA administers insurance benefits … including Blue Cross Blue Shield. MESSA costs districts about 10 to 12 percent more than non-MESSA coverage, according to an analysis … districts buying insurance from MESSA was largely unchanged between … premiums indicates that the non-MESSA individual health plan costs …

Schools Should Fund Learning, Not Insurance Companies

… research found that the average MESSA premiums used by districts … Kaiser Family Foundation, MESSA premiums are 52 percent (single), … the difference. Considering MESSA’s average costs, this will assuredly … 37.5 percent for high-priced MESSA insurance. The district saved $750,000. MESSA also appears to be responding …

Teachers Choose Union Health Plan, Now Pay Up To 37.5 Percent Of Premiums

Dearborn Heights teachers choose MESSA

… to keep the more expensive MESSA health care plan. Bartold said … of their health care costs. MESSA is a third-party administrator … the teachers wanted to keep MESSA and pay the higher contribution … to keep the more expensive MESSA plan and pay between 32.5 and … insurance carriers, Bartold said. MESSA cost taxpayers in the district …

MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 10, 2010

Edujobs, i3 grants, MESSA competition

… in Michigan School leaders: MESSA facing more competition Summer … June 2, 2010 SCHOOL LEADERS: MESSA FACING MORE COMPETITION JACKSON, … the same, the report said. MESSA is a third-party insurance … public school districts. MESSA spokesman Gary Fralick told The Citizen Patriot that MESSA lost about 2,000 members in …