Blake Settle

HB 500, the House budget bill, doesn't just propose major cuts to the health care of school and state employees, it proposes major cuts to education generally.

House Bill 500 cannot move forward. It’s a direct blow to Kentucky’s public schools and the educators and staff who keep them going every single day. If this budget moves forward as written, it will devastate Kentucky teachers, bus drivers, and school staff who rely on the Kentucky Employee Health Plan. Capping the employer contribution at 5 percent blows a massive hole in the plan, creating tens of millions in shortfalls in just a few years. There are only two ways to make that up: raise premiums on employees or cut their coverage. That means higher deductibles, higher out of pocket costs, higher prescription prices, and even losing coverage for some treatments altogether. Our educators and school staff are already stretched thin. Bus drivers, who are already in short supply across Kentucky, appear to be hit the hardest. Why? This will only make those shortages worse and hurt our kids in the process. We should be supporting the people who keep our schools running, not balancing the budget on their backs. HB 500 must be fixed or stopped. Tonight, @OurSchoolsKY (Protect Our Schools) is hosting an urgent action call. I’m sharing this because everyone who works in public education deserves to understand how this could impact their future. mobilize.us/protectourscho…

Here's an important issue related to the proposal to cut employee health insurance in the House budget. The legislature has taken $1.017 billion from the KY Employees Health Plan in recent years to balance the state budget. That money would otherwise be there to help cover costs.

This is true. Raiding the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan—including the premiums paid by employees—has in the past been a regular way the legislature has balanced the state budget while enacting tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy kypolicy.org/shifting-healt…

The health insurance shortfall that the House budget creates and would shift to employees is $279M. That same House budget leaves unspent *$1.1B*in tax revenue. Why? The only reason is to trigger more of those income tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the wealthy

The average KY teacher makes $59,855/year. They're getting ~$633/yr in income tax cuts (& paying ~$104/yr more in sales taxes). But under the House budget, their healthcare costs would soar ~$5,832/yr. KY's richest 1%? They're getting $27,482/yr from the state income tax cuts.

The average KY school bus driver makes $15,364/yr. At that income they've received *nothing* from reducing the state's income tax. But under the House budget, their healthcare costs would soar $6,422/yr. KY's richest 1%? They're getting $27,482/yr from the state income tax cuts.

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