I am a manager responsible for negotiating collective bargaining contracts. I have four units that I work with but only two that set my temper off every time they seem to walk in the door. Last year our employer changed health and prescription insurance carriers due to a proposed rate increase of over 46% for the coverage renewal. The collective bargaining agreements state that equal to or BETTER coverage has to be maintained which in the US under the ACA is really impossible. However, we did it, the employees with the change saw a 1.5% decrease in their premiums, the company now pays for their deductible (previous didn't have a deductible which doesn't exist anymore and the company pays the difference in the increase in Dr. office visit copays and prescription copays for the first two tiers of medication.
Because these two groups can't get their crap together and submit the necessary information they and only they are seeing delays in reimbursement, they and only they are having issues getting visits covered and sent to collections. We have been trying to work with them through several steps of the process but they believe that the company owes them not only better benefits and pay than anyone else in the company because the company will now not pay an additional amount to offset their non-existent challenges they have filed to take this to arbitration. I am so angry I could scream and I just needed to vent. I have never worked with such a small group of people 16 over all that were really this freaking self-entitled and selfish. They don't even seem to care that if they win in arbitration which I hope to tell they don't what it is going to cost them is a co-worker because we are already doing organization wide budget cuts and if we have to find extra money for this in their budget it will without a doubt be in the form of an employee or two.
ARRGGHH!!!
Because these two groups can't get their crap together and submit the necessary information they and only they are seeing delays in reimbursement, they and only they are having issues getting visits covered and sent to collections. We have been trying to work with them through several steps of the process but they believe that the company owes them not only better benefits and pay than anyone else in the company because the company will now not pay an additional amount to offset their non-existent challenges they have filed to take this to arbitration. I am so angry I could scream and I just needed to vent. I have never worked with such a small group of people 16 over all that were really this freaking self-entitled and selfish. They don't even seem to care that if they win in arbitration which I hope to tell they don't what it is going to cost them is a co-worker because we are already doing organization wide budget cuts and if we have to find extra money for this in their budget it will without a doubt be in the form of an employee or two.
ARRGGHH!!!