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Originally Posted by SwampYankee
Like most states, CT is in a budget crisis. The Gov.(R) wants cuts and the State House (veto-proof D) and Senate (veto-proof D) just can't find anything to cut. One State Rep. (R) interviewed on TV said that state employees have a $3 co-pay on their prescriptions (for generic, $6 for brand) and that might need to be addressed. Of course that will go over like a fart in church since the state employee unions heavily back the (D) elected officials.
$3 freakin' dollars??!!?!? We're at $20 generic/$30 brand and I think that's a reasonable expectation. Same with their health insurance, $10-15 in network copay compared to our $20-30. With 45,000 current employees, who knows how many retired, it doesn't take long for those numbers to add up to significant amounts for reasonable coverage.
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We have the same thing going on in Michigan, I have a friend that is in the big insurance business and he says that if office and drug co-pays for state workers rates for the rest of the state will increase at least 10% next year. The biggest problem is office visit co-pays, with cheap co-pays people go to the doctor for a little sniffle while $20 will cut down the office visit rate substantially.