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Monday, February 12, 2007
Janitors' health plan better, but less than perfect
Janitors' health plan better, but less than perfectThe insurance coverage that about 4,200 unionized janitors won at the bargaining table this week wouldn't be described as a Cadillac health plan, union officials say. What's missing is coverage for catastrophic health care costs, said Javier Morillo, president of the Service Employees International Union Local 26. Whereas a more expensive health plan might cap an individual or family's out-of-pocket spending per year to protect against unusually large hospital bills, members of the SEIU plan would...
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