The University of Michigan Health Plan will be expiring at the end of 2025 after a recent announcement from Michigan Medicine.
In a statement shared with WEMU by Senior Director of Public Relations Mary Masson, she says U-M Health is cutting the plan after evaluating its financial sustainability while facing the increasingly competitive insurance landscape.
President of Professional Employee Council of Sparrow Hospital - Michigan Nurses Association (PECSH-MNA) Jeff Breslin says the union recently agreed to continue receiving U-M Health Plan coverage provided by Michigan Medicine on November 14th.
However, Breslin says, four days later, they were instead told it was expiring.
“I can speculate. I can monitor. I can be very concerned as a lot of the community should be. What’s going on and why is it going on?”
Breslin says the nurses’ union will try to negotiate a new health care plan with Michigan Medicine. Currently, about 190 U-M employees and 64,000 insurance members are expected to lose their health care coverage.
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