If health care pricing system works, why not apply it more widely?
Woods PROVIDED PHOTO Unlike many other bills being excreted by the Legislature these days, Senate Bill 110 is very subtle in the way it reveals the dysfunction in our Legislature. This bill directs the university system to stop payments to its employee health care plan for two-month periods when the health insurance program is running a surplus (like it is now). At face value, that sounds like a prudent move but pointed questions need to be asked. Health insurance is a large part of a university employeeâs compensation. Salaries at Montana universities are quite low, but the ...