Beat the Clock: Gov 't Union' Cadillac 'Health Plans Preserved Before Tighter Controls Take Effect

Two days before a mandated 20 percent contribution for health insurance from all public employees would be imposed by the pending creation of a new state law, Muskegon County approved seven union contracts that require only a 15 percent employee contribution. According to research from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average employee in Michigan with an employer-sponsored health insurance plan paid 22 percent of the cost for their own health insurance premiums in 2010, and the figure nationally was 27 percent. (Excerpt) Read more at michigancapitolconfidential.com …