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Organizing Tools - Health Care

Let's Talk About Health Care
Looking for a way to start the conversation around membership? We’ve created tools and explainers about health care benefits that you can send to potential members.

How to use this toolkit

  • Learn about health care and the benefits provided to educators and students.
  • Share our conversation starters to help potential and existing members understand their health care options.
  • Use prompts to schedule follow up conversations that deepen relationships and connections.

Educators deserve access to quality, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage. 

Making sense of your health care coverage is important, whether you’re reviewing the plan you are currently enrolled in, working with your employer to restructure a plan, or looking for a new plan.

NEA has prepared materials to help educators make sense of their various health plan choices and to assist them in making the most informed decisions when selecting or changing plans. 

Make Sense of Your Health Care Plan

It can take health benefit expertise, and advanced planning to compare different health plan design options, and various cost sharing requirements such as premiums, copayment, coinsurance, and deductible amounts. Use these online tools to learn about educators' health care options.
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Health Care Benefits & Policy

Educators deserve access to quality, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage. NEA is here to help.
Health Care 101
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Decoding Educator Health Care Benefits

Having trouble understanding your health care coverage options? NEA's health care experts have broken down some of it for you.
Terms to Know
From national advocacy to individual support, NEA is working to ensure that education is affordable and accessible to all.

Health Care Plan Selection Guide

NEA’s health benefit experts have put together questions to help you think through your health care options.
Choose Your Plan
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Employment Guidance - Health Insurance Cost and the Impact on Salaries

Research on how to best provide support for state affiliates relative to regulating costs of health insurance
Read the Report

Graphic Explainers

Share these images to let educators know that there are tools to help them understand their health care benefits!
NEA is here to help. Educators deserve access to quality, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage.
NEA is here to help. Educators deserve access to quality, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage.

All educators deserve access to health care coverage.
All educators deserve access to health care coverage.

Premiums, out-of-pocket expenses, co-payments & co-insurance, deductibles. Understanding your health care options can make all the difference.
Premiums, out-of-pocket expenses, co-payments & co-insurance, deductibles. Understanding your health care options can make all the difference.

SPREAD THE WORD

Use these prompts to start a conversation with someone following an initial contact. You can also change them a bit and use them to reach out to someone you haven't heard from in a while!

Share these Messages

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On Text Message

Hi <FIRSTNAME>, it’s <YOURNAME> from <AFFILIATENAME>! It was great meeting you earlier. I know the new school year can bring lots of new choices. We’ve put together a guide to help you choose the best health care plan for you and your family: <LINK> 

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On Email

Hi <FIRSTNAME>,  

It’s <YOURNAME> from <AFFILIATENAME>! It was great meeting you at <EVENTNAME>. I wanted to follow up and share a resource with you that I think might be helpful as you enter the new school year.  

Making sense of your health care coverage is important, whether you’re reviewing the plan you are currently enrolled in, working with your employer to restructure a plan, or looking for a new plan. That’s why our experts have put together a few resources to help you understand your options and choose the best plan for you.  

I hope you find these resources helpful! Our union comes together to get the best benefits and resources for educators, schools, and students. I’d love to talk to you more about our work. Do you have time to chat in the next few weeks? 

In solidarity, 

<YOURNAME>

P.S. Pass it on! Share these resources with a friend or colleague. 

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On Facebook

Educators deserve access to quality, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage. We’re here to help. Check out our guide to choosing a health care plan that’s right for you: <LINK> 

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On Instagram

Decoding your health care options can be tricky. That’s why we’ve broken the acronyms down for you. Click the link in our bio to check out our health care glossary!

Link for Instagram bio: <LINK> 

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On Twitter/Threads

Having trouble understanding your health care coverage options? Our health care experts have broken down some of it for you: <LINK> 

More Ways to Talk About Your Union

Looking for more ways to start the conversation around membership? Check out our other tools for additional content on the issues educators care about most.

Download and Share

Print these health care explainers and share them with educators at events, in your staff lounge, and over coffee.

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