“However, return to full cost premiums will add additional premium increase.” (Our Best Guess Translation: If state supplemental appropriations are not forthcoming once again get ready to grin and bear it)
“Hmmmm, maybe if we do this: Divide the state into five regions. Bid out each region for the best and lowest cost managed care network. You can tell from the map below where the higher cost areas are driving health care costs” said someone somewhere.
“This isn’t a new strategy and it’s not gonna work. TRS ActiveCare tried this last time they made rate changes by dividing the state into different regions for rating purposes. It’s a repeat and rinse” came a voice from the back of the room.
“There’s a common sense alternative to TRS ActiveCare worth exploring” shouted Brad in the front row. “TRS ActiveCare member districts have exactly 23 days from today to seize this opportunity for a September 2026 effective date!”
“Good luck with that because it ain’t gonna happen” purred the TRS Chesire Cat mascot with a mischievous grin. “School district rules of governance can’t move that fast unless it’s a district governed by a dictatorial superintendent and a docile school board.”
Seven years ago it was the same ole story………………….Doing the same thing over and over again doesn’t work does it?
Meanwhile back at the ranch several Texas school districts including Del Rio, Rio Hondo, La Feria and others, using common sense, reason and logic, have quietly solved health care without any help from Austin.
Hold on just a cotton picking minute! Any TRS ActiveCare member school district can get out of the program at any time of their choosing. All a district has to do is stop paying premium and termination will be automatic. Read the statue. It’s there in black and white but not read all over.
