Final Push: Hands Off Our Healthcare!

2/11/2026

Dear Members,

The vote on our healthcare costs is tomorrow. This is our last chance to tell the Group Insurance Commission (GIC) not to increase our deductibles, co-pays, premiums, and to continue covering critical prescriptions such as GLP-1s.

Tell the Commissioners to vote NO on February 12th by taking quick action now:

Take 5 minutes: Contact State Leaders

Tell the GIC, Governor Healey, and your state legislators: Hands off our healthcare! 

All it takes is a few clicks using the MTA Action Network. 

Take 5 minutes: Tell Your Story 

Email GIC with your specific concerns at GIC.info@mass.gov

Please copy the MTA GIC Commissioner Dean Robinson (Political Science Dept at UMass Amherst) at deanr@umass.edu

Watch the Vote Live

Attend the GIC meeting virtually on YouTube, Thursday, February 12 from 8:30AM to 10:30AM. 

Go to https://www.youtube.com/@MAGroupInsuranceCommission/streams . 

If you plan to watch, please feel free to join an MTA slack channel where you can share your thoughts and ideas with other union members and ask real-time questions to our MTA, GIC resident expert. You can join the slack @ https://join.slack.com/t/giclistenings-xi25789/shared_invite/zt-3nwnju4wn-taWFpHLkDjZKPAiUQqxvnA

• Note: the link will ask you to submit your email where you will receive a code needed to access the slack channel. If you experience issues, please reach out to mhegbloom@massteacher.org

For more information, go to https://massteacher.org/current-initiatives/gic

Sincerely,

Caroline Coscia                             Jason Rodriquez

Senior Lecturer II                          Professor

Political Science Department         Sociology Department

President                                       Vice President