Skeptics question health-care savings at teachers union

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 02 Mei 2014 | 17.08

The mammoth, nine-year teachers-union contract will be paid for by trimming $1 billion in medical costs, claimed Mayor de Blasio.

Yet budget watchdogs said the plan needs a check-up.

City Hall officials insist the savings can be achieved without asking teachers to contribute more dollars ­toward their health care — by centralizing aspects like prescription drugs and conducting audits.

The city would save $3.4 billion over four years if all the unions agree to the modest changes for the ­entire municipal work force, the mayor said.

But Carol Kellermann of the Citizens Budget Commission said de Blasio let the United Federation of Teachers off the hook.

"The health-cost-savings part leaves a lot to be ­desired," she said.

"The city should have gotten 25 percent of the cost of the premiums from the workers. That would have been $1 billion a year," she said.

De Blasio said he was "very confident we can achieve these savings," before admitting that no concessions were obtained from the UFT work force to cover medical costs.


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