An offer and counter-offer have been made in the health plan dispute between the Carleton graduate and undergraduate students’ associations.
In early July a proposal was made by the Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) to the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) to join CUSA’s current health plan provider Student Care, and broker Desjardins.
CUSA joined this health plan in July 2012 after leaving the health plan shared with the GSA provided by Green Shield Canada, and broker Morneau Shepell.
On July 23, 2013 the GSA made a counterproposal to CUSA to re-join the Morneau Shepell health plan under new terms.
The organizations have both given each other an Aug. 1 deadline to respond.
Neither health plan proposal has been made public.
CUSA president Alexander Golovko said it is too early to comment on the specifics of the GSA’s proposal.
He said the GSA’s proposal has significantly less information than CUSA’s proposal to the GSA.
GSA president Grant MacNeil said under the new terms the health plan proposed by the GSA offers better services and saves students more money than the health plan once shared by CUSA and the GSA, as well as CUSA’s new health plan.
MacNeil and GSA executive co-ordinator Phil Robinson said they would be willing to release their proposal if CUSA would do the same.
Golovko said that conversation has yet to be had.
