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NEA-NM, the largest union of educators in New Mexico, asked its members in spring 2021 to share their legislative priorities. NM educators spoke up and said that their two largest issues were salaries and healthcare costs.
And when educators speak, their union, NEA-NM listens!
Based on their input, NEA-NM developed its NEA-NM Legislative Priorities document, and then its leaders and staff began working with members to turn priorities into realities.
Last year, NEA-NM successfully ran a statewide campaign to raise educator salaries and won the largest pay raises for educators in the nation. With the support of NM governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), teacher pay went up by an average of $X or by X% and we also won a $15 an hour minimum wage for all school staff.
But we knew that we had to address healthcare costs.
On average, NM educators pay $X towards monthly healthcare premiums. We know that educators and their families deserve more and so do our students, when there is high educator turnover.
It’ll take all of us to fully fund healthcare for NM’s educators. And NEA-NM is leading those efforts with its members, leaders, and alongside our healthcare champions.
Our local affiliates worked with their school boards to pass pro-healthcare resolutions. X number of school boards passed supporting resolutions.
We've collected X number of petitions already in support of fully funding healthcare for NM educators
NEA-NM and your local conducted site visits across the state to continue speaking with educators about the importance of healthcare. Your voice matters!
100+ NEA-NM members met with state legislators to secure their support to fully fund healthcare for educators.
Our governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced on X, 2023 that she supported covering 100% of healthcare premium costs for educators! And our governor matched her rhetoric with her proposed budget: the governor’s budget asks the state legislature to fully fund healthcare for educators.
HB 102 proposes the state fully fund medical insurance premiums for ALL school employees!
It specifies:
| Single | Two-Party | Family | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
BCBS - High |
$5.41 |
$160.59 |
$270.43 |
|
BCBS - Low |
$0 |
$60.24 |
$136.41 |
|
Presb. - High |
$0 |
$125.54 |
$222.97 |
|
Presb. - Low |
$0 |
$35.94 |
$103.49 |
| Single | Two-Party | Family | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
BCBS - High |
$172.08 |
$327.26 |
$437.10 |
|
BCBS - Low |
$119.30 |
$226.90 |
$303.07 |
|
Presb. - High |
$139.15 |
$292.20 |
$389.64 |
|
Presb. - Low |
$96.49 |
$202.60 |
$270.15 |
*examples based on premiums effective October 1, 2022
*It is possible that your quotes will be used as part of this campaign
