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Nevada rejects change to Teamsters insurance
January 9th, 2005
For the third time, a Nevada board that runs the state employees health insurance system has refused to allow 300 law enforcement workers to switch their insurance coverage to Teamsters Local 14. Law enforcement representatives convinced the 1999 Legislature to change the law to permit groups of employees of 300 or more to bail out of the state system to find lower rates or better coverage. The Teamsters has been the only one to try. Adam P. Segal, Las Vegas attorney representing the union, said "It's time to get the Legislature to address this." The directors of the Public Employees Benefit Program, which covers more than 50,000...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2005-01-09)
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