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What changes, if any, would you like to see in your benefits plan?
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1.Wed, 10/10/07 7:05 PMMore dental cleanings approved for peridontal patients (like myself)
2.Wed, 10/10/07 7:05 PMI think the benefit plan is great.
3.Wed, 10/10/07 7:08 PMLarger $ benefits for dental.
4.Wed, 10/10/07 7:12 PMI do not participate in benefits so I cannot comment on it.
5.Wed, 10/10/07 7:13 PM! That it is much better handled, especially as one approaches and attains retirement. I am not happy with Kaiser, its care, or its cavalier attitude towards its patients, including me. We need to use our clout, our numbers and our fees to wrestle a much more comprehensive, flexible, and compassionate care, both for us as employees and as retirees.
6.Wed, 10/10/07 7:14 PMJust keep them! Ours are soooo much better than many other local educational institutions.
7.Wed, 10/10/07 7:30 PMpercentage of health care must have more gradations
8.Wed, 10/10/07 7:31 PMBetter coverage, less from our paychecks.
9.Wed, 10/10/07 7:33 PMLower co-pay for non-g! eneric prescriptions and doctor office visits.
10.Wed, 10/10/07 7:37 PMnot paying the 6%
11.Wed, 10/10/07 7:40 PMIt might be nice to have a strictly PPO option, like in olden days, like a Blue Shield or something...One that can be used even if someone moves away from California...it might encourage folks to retire sooner.
12.Wed, 10/10/07 7:46 PMNone
13.Wed, 10/10/07 7:57 PMI would like a true PPO option. As there isn't one, and my wife has good health benefits, I take money instead of benefits. This really isn't a huge problem as I have this alternative with my wife but others may not and might be willing to pay a little extra for better insurance. I am not sure but I think that the money I get hasn't change! d over the last few years. I know insurance costs have increased, the costs I pay out of pocket for medical services uncovered by my wife's plan have increase, so the money paid instead of health benefits should increase at a similar rate as well. I was a part timer for 10 years (a lot at a 60% load) before being hired full time. I am frustrated that all of the sick time I accrued will vanish unless I teach AC load (which I don't do a lot of) and get sick a lot/take a lot of time off. We should be able to get compensated for it or have that converted into retirement somehow.
14.Wed, 10/10/07 8:00 PMDENTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really do appreciate the contribution the district makes for my benefits, but it is truly (talk to reid rawlinson) impossible to find dental insurance on your own. i called everyone and the only advice they gave me is to see if i qualify to be a patient at DVC d.hygeine school, which i did.....and it was not too bad, but it is NOT insurance.
15.Wed, 10/10/07 8:07 PMnone
16.W! ed, 10/10/07 8:16 PMReduce co-payments.
17.Wed, 10/10/07 8:53 PMOptions besides CalSTRS (such as TIAA CREF).
18.Wed, 10/10/07 8:57 PMAS PT want dental and vision!
19.Wed, 10/10/07 9:05 PMI would like to see dental and vision for part timers
20.Wed, 10/10/07 9:12 PMAs part-time faculty I have the option to sign up for health care benefits, but the cost varies greatly depending on my work load and I wouldn't be covered the whole year. That hardly works for a family with small children. "Hey sorry kids you can't be sick in the summer." I can't be bouncing back and forth between coverage all the time. At anothe! r district I worked at qualification for health care benefits were det ermined by the previous year's course load and then we were covered for a year. Something like that would work much better.
21.Wed, 10/10/07 9:15 PM-
22.Wed, 10/10/07 9:22 PMDental insurance be available for part-time faculty.
23.Wed, 10/10/07 9:31 PMIf it is not in the present contract, I believe the right to return to one's position after a long-term leave due to illness should be assured.
24.Wed, 10/10/07 9:38 PMHold on to what we have.
25.Wed, 10/10/07 9:40 PMThat they continue in retirement if you qualify.
26! .Wed, 10/10/07 9:46 PMNo change. I'm fine.
27.Wed, 10/10/07 10:15 PMPart-timers need to have vision and dental benefits. Benefits for ALL faculty, regardless of full time or part time, need to be the same, and not determined by load, but by length of service, course creation, etc.
28.Wed, 10/10/07 10:17 PMI don't think we're getting good value for either the dental plan or the vision plan.
29.Wed, 10/10/07 10:31 PMNone
30.Wed, 10/10/07 10:34 PMNice benefits plan - works for me
31.Wed, 10/10/07 11:04 PMI'd like to district to cover healthcare fully rather than have a percent paycheck withdrawal. In my mind, full healthcare coverage is more important than a pay raise.
32.Wed, 10/10/07 11:44 PMWEll, certainly the old plan -- where our spouses had medical insurance after our death was perhaps the best in history. Any erosion in the future of what we have now -- about current or retirement benefits, I think, is critically important especially as we try to attract good, smart new faculty.
33.Wed, 10/10/07 11:47 PMMore parity for employees who are single and/or cover fewer people through the benefits plan
34.Thu, 10/11/07 12:11 AMget rid of employee contributions
35.Thu, 10/11/07 12:13 AMI would love to be able to not have to choose between benefits or a paycheck.
36.Thu, 10/11/07 12:28 AMeliminate all benefits and replace t! hem with cash value. I can much better choose how to spend my money t han the union can.
37.Thu, 10/11/07 1:50 AMI think the vision plan is too generous. I must say that I wear glasses and appreciate the benefit, but some years my prescription does not change and I STILL get two pairs of glasses. A real waste of money, in my opinion.
38.Thu, 10/11/07 3:46 AMI would like to have full benefits (medical, vision & dental) as a part timer
39.Thu, 10/11/07 5:23 AMHealth benefits should be available from the get go
40.Thu, 10/11/07 7:05 AMPT should have all benefits that FT have including vision and dental. Currently, PT with families cannot afford Family Medical benefits.
41.Thu, 10/11/07 3:50 PMincreased options in plans including; a ppo for healthnet or other plan that gives more options for going out of plan; other service options such as massage/ accupunture etc.
42.Thu, 10/11/07 4:27 PMIncrease them.
43.Thu, 10/11/07 4:34 PMIt's OK for me
44.Thu, 10/11/07 5:54 PMEquality with full time faculty including medical, dental, and retirement plans.
45.Thu, 10/11/07 6:03 PMIt's pretty good as is, although it was much better before we had to pay part of the health care costs. (I do understand the large premium increases created a burden on the district, but it is also a! burden for faculty to now pay these costs. I suppose what we have is a reasonable compromise.)
46.Thu, 10/11/07 6:26 PMI like our benifets
47.Thu, 10/11/07 9:22 PMReduce the 80 points needed. You want to get us the hell out sooner, so we don't just hang around marking time, lower that number. You do and adios!
48.Fri, 10/12/07 2:50 AMPart time should have the same coverage as full timers
49.Fri, 10/12/07 4:55 AMI would like to be able to work part time and afford your plan. I cannot at this point.
50.Fri, 10/12/07 6:28 PMA 75 point benefit package for retirees intemediate between the 70 and 80 point package.
51.Fri, 10/12/07 6:59 PMnone
52.Fri, 10/12/07 7:24 PMI need Health benefits regardless of if I have courses cancelled . They need to be able to be bought if I am not working a semester or 2 due to illness
53.Fri, 10/12/07 7:56 PMnot sure - need to examine all the details. my health, dental, etc is thru my wife's employer.
54.Fri, 10/12/07 9:45 PMlower premiums
55.! Mon, 10/15/07 3:28 AMI don't have any benefits since I only teach one class and have no rehire rights
56.Mon, 10/15/07 1:39 PMless expensive
57.Mon, 10/15/07 7:14 PMTo restore the percentage paid by employees to paid fully by the District. With an entire family being on the District benefits plan, my portion is large to pay.
58.Mon, 10/15/07 11:10 PMI'm happy with it the way it is.
59.Mon, 10/15/07 11:58 PMRetiree benefits (I can dream, can't I?)
60.Tue, 10/16/07 12:51 AMMore release time for department chairs. Compensation for SLOs.
61.Tue, 1 0/16/07 12:54 AMN/A
62.Tue, 10/16/07 1:43 AMdental coverage--delta
63.Tue, 10/16/07 1:58 AMMake sure benefits are not cut.
64.Tue, 10/16/07 1:58 AMoption for healthnet select (50% payment for non-healthnet physicians).
65.Tue, 10/16/07 3:32 AMfull time faculty plans are outstanding!
66.Tue, 10/16/07 4:18 AMIs there a way we can plan now to offset the "bulge" of older teachers/retirees that will be occuring soon? I'd like to see a plan to invest now so that we can keep all benefits possible without skyrocketing premiums.
67.Tue, 10/16/07 7:35 AMmore sick days
68.Tue, 10/16/07 7:53 AMTo keep it for retirees especially spouses
69.Tue, 10/16/07 8:43 AMto ensure that we do not have to pay a higher share than we already are.
70.Tue, 10/16/07 5:33 PMciripractic inclusive, hollistic medicine inclusive
71.Tue, 10/16/07 6:54 PMSimplify it, back it up, equal to and for all employees.
72.Tue, 10/16/07 7:07 PMI like our benefits already. I'm not wild about paying a piece of my medical, but what I have now is much! better than jobs offer elsewhere.
73.Tue, 10/16/07 7:37 PMBenefits are excellent, yes the co-pays are higher in some areas, but this is a growing trend that will probably continue and has more to do with factors we can't control like the dramatic rise in the cost of health care.
74.Tue, 10/16/07 8:34 PMability to have extended family living with me covered under health, vision and dental...even if it costs me something
75.Wed, 10/17/07 12:00 AMprepaid legal
76.Wed, 10/17/07 3:14 AMSome of the medications are not covered under our plan.
77.Wed, 10/17/07 4:54 AMA comprehensive health care plan (dental/eye), a sensible rehire rig! ht, reasonable office hour pay and space, a better system of course assignment, a form of sabbatical leave for part time faculty
78.Wed, 10/17/07 5:38 PMAccess to life insurance plan
79.Wed, 10/17/07 7:00 PMI'd like to make sure our out of pocket expenses for our benefits do not increase too sharply as the cost of living is already prohibitively expensive in the Bay Area, and our sallaries are just not competitive enough to justify our being burdened with even more expenses.
80.Thu, 10/18/07 4:38 PMGiven the increasing cost of funding benefit programs today, I am very happy to even have any benefits.
81.Fri, 10/19/07 7:39 PMI need clarity abo! ut health benefits during retirement; I'm not sure where to get explic it information.
82.Fri, 10/19/07 10:24 PMLess expensive health plans with the same benefits
83.Sat, 10/20/07 12:11 AMn/a I'm covered 1/2 by Peralta and they do have a better Kaiser agreeement
84.Sat, 10/20/07 9:55 PMRescind 6% additional premium PTers are required to pay. Include dental and vision coverage for qualifying PT faculty. Offer coverage to more PT faculty.
85.Sun, 10/21/07 5:19 AMAdd dental benefits for part timers.
86.Mon, 10/22/07 11:45 PMThe medical plan for part-time instructors needs improvement. If an instructor currently enrolled does not teach for a semester he should be automatically be back in the plan the next semester he does teach without having to requalify. An instructor who has been on the medical plan for several years, say 3, should be able to take a semester off from teaching and have the district pay for the medical plan.
87.Wed, 10/24/07 4:55 PMHealth fully covered.
88.Wed, 10/24/07 5:33 PMguaranteed retiree health benifits
89.Wed, 10/24/07 6:17 PMno complaints