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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1919641" data-attributes="member: 14176">This was a great post and very insightful in most regards.Where I think it may have fallen short, and where the "ruse" likely began, was at the negotiating table.In today's healthcare markets, the most bang for your buck comes from large numbers of participants, and both sides knew this.I submit that UPS told the Teamsters that they wanted all their employees, or none of them in their health plan.Meanwhile, the Teamsters (and UPS) knew that they needed all UPSer's in the Central States plan at least.This put the Teamsters in a position of weakness at the negotiating table and explains why other concessions were negotiated.</blockquote>