Boston Globe story on Student Health Insurance Plan changes

Kay Lazar of the Boston Globe wrote this story on the proposed changes to the UMass Amherst Student Health Insurance Plan, featuring GEO member Rachel Bolus.  UMass students say new health insurance plan unfair: Student leaders at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus say changes in the students’ health insurance plan will unfairly hit hardest … Continue reading Boston Globe story on Student Health Insurance Plan changes

GEO members flyer outside MA healthcare cost containment hearing in Pittsfield, MA

As part of GEO's response to attacks on our health insurance by the UMass Amherst administration, we joined coalition partners at a hearing of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing at City Hall in Pittsfield, MA. GEO members Derek Doughty (Anthropology), Sarah Finn (Writing Program), Jocelyn Silverlight (Social Justice Education), Thomas Herndon (Economics), and … Continue reading GEO members flyer outside MA healthcare cost containment hearing in Pittsfield, MA

Coalition Letter on Health Insurance sent June 23, 2011

Mass-Care, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, UMass Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), The Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM), and UAW Local 2322 have signed onto a letter to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, and the Chair of the UMass Board of Trustees, calling on … Continue reading Coalition Letter on Health Insurance sent June 23, 2011