Let me get this straight?

Kaleida Health, which owns a great many of our local hospitals, is trying to force employees to pay MORE for health insurance(http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/123727/13/Kaleida-Healthcare-Workers-Remain-at-Odds)?

Really?

THEY OWN THE HOSPITALS.

They are YOUR EMPLOYEES.  They make your business work!  They are the ones delivering that health care!  How difficult is it to say,"You know, how about for all Kaleida Employees, you get Package X, which includes all preventative services."

Preventative services are primarily labor costs.  To which they [The employees] are the ones delivering.  Then, for all employees, discount the billed price for all other services by 50%.  Then, let the insurance company pick up the other 50%.

You are a hospital organization, who's goal is supposed to be to deliver health care.  So, why in the flying fuck are you trying to fight it?

Treat your employees like garbage, and you'll end up delivering garbage services.  I worked at a PC repair place a long time ago.  My boss never charged me for bringing in my home computers and fixing them.  I only had to pay at costs for hardware I used.  And that company was a small business.

Come on Kaleida!  Stop acting like a corporate slug, and start acting like what your charter says:

Each of our member facilities has a strong tradition of outstanding service to the WNY community, dating back to as early as the 1800s. Together we are bringing our patients a strong history of dedication to the community and the finest quality medical care -- every day. - http://www.kaleidahealth.org/gen_info/about.asp

Dedication to the community by trying to shift costs of delivering service back onto the service providers?  How is that "dedication to the community"?