[GSA Council] URGENT: Fwd: Online voting for upcoming health insurance

Mon May 27 20:10:06 PDT 2019

I second the motion that Etta just proposed and I kindly ask all of the
directors to participate in this online voting as I think it's really
crucial for many students.
Just to notify the ones who have never used the counseling center at the
Concordia, even for very urgent and serious cases it takes you more than a
month to get an appointment from there!!! Also as you all know visiting a
specialist here in Canada is not easy at all and all of these makes a very
hard situation for the ones with a mental problem. Unfortunately, they
receive no support from the university!

If it were up to me, I would have suggested going with 100% coverage,
however, I don't think that be applicable at the moment.

Thank you all,
Boshra

On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 21:54, Etta Sandry <etta.sandry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all! I would like to move on the motion, however I am confused
> because in the presentation, I understood that the Premium would increase
> by only around $23 but in the motion drafted by executives, the plan fee
> cap increases by nearly $64. Perhaps there is something I am
> misunderstanding in between the premium cost and fee cap... Can one of the
> executives explain the difference?
>
> Either way, I would like to move that "the GSA includes Mental Health
> benefits at a rate of up to 50% coverage per session with a $500 per year
> Maximum in its Health and Dental Plan for the 2019-2020 academic/policy
> year" but we should put the exact increase in premium cost in the wording
> of the motion.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Etta
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:31 AM Masoumeh Zaare <masoumehzaare at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Executive's team,
>>
>> Thanks for your clarification. As you said you were following up our
>> request to reduce the insurance cost for international students. Please let
>> me know the final price for this insurance plan.
>>
>> Second, according to the by-law, you should "publish an annual G.S.A
>> report summarizing the G.S.A. achievements during your term as well as
>> outlining tasks resolved by Council".Please let me know when this report
>> will be ready.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Masoumeh
>>
>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:52 PM Aathi Prasath Agasthiappan <
>> external at gsaconcordia.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Just to make things more clear, the insurance plan premium which Amir
>>> explained we wanted to reduce was the one from bluecross for international
>>> students which is currently under the control of Concordia university.
>>>
>>> The online voting sent now by Rouzbeh is for local/residents of Canada
>>> that is taken care by Student Care. We never listed to reduce the premium
>>> rates of this but what we told was we wanted to include some mental health
>>> benefits into this.
>>>
>>> Also, since there was no confirmation about official meeting yet we sent
>>> this online voting. But usually this insurance stuff is only finalized in
>>> Council meetings. If we reach quorum, for sure this thing will be finalized
>>> in our meeting on Monday. However, if quorum is not met, online voting is
>>> the only option as we don’t make official decisions or pass motions in an
>>> unofficial discussion.
>>>
>>> We will there answer questions if you any regarding this insurance and
>>> also we have sent all the documents beforehand so that you can clear idea
>>> about it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aathi Prasath Agasthiappan
>>>
>>> On Thursday, May 23, 2019, HARISH BABU MULLAPUDI <
>>> mullapudiharishbabu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>> we will have to discuss about the insurance plan as far as i remember
>>>> you said that the premium for the insurance will go down. lets have a
>>>> discussion and finalize.
>>>>
>>>>  Thank you & Regards
>>>> Harish Babu Mullapudi
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 3:17 PM Masoumeh Zaare <masoumehzaare at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear executive’s team,
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I remember, we had requested for finding an alternative
>>>>> insurance which will be offering a lower price.
>>>>>
>>>>> Second, I disagree with moving an online voting for such a sensitive
>>>>> topic which is the concern of many students. I also encourage the directors
>>>>> to show up on Monday to discuss about it in details.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your understanding.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Masoumeh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 1:34 PM meeting facilitator <
>>>>> meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello directors,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regarding the following very important email from the executives
>>>>>> about the health insurance, *is there anyone who would like to move
>>>>>> an online motion **to accept or reject the proposal by student care
>>>>>> health insurance for the next year(sept 2019-Aug 2020)?*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *The deadline to vote is Wednesday evening upon the executive's
>>>>>> request.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Rouzbeh Ghouchani
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>> From: Aathi Prasath Agasthiappan <external at gsaconcordia.ca>
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 22 May 2019, 23:42
>>>>>> Subject: Online voting for upcoming health insurance
>>>>>> To: meeting facilitator <meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Cc: Robert Sonin <president at gsaconcordia.ca>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Rouzbeh,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope you are doing well. I would request you to email all directors
>>>>>> and set up an online voting - to accept or reject the proposal by student
>>>>>> care health insurance for the next year(sept 2019-Aug 2020).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PFA attached all the details you need to add in the email for the
>>>>>> directors to view before voting. The directors can find all details
>>>>>> regarding the cost calculation and how the rates have increased over time
>>>>>> and also additional cost of including the mental health benefit - NOTE: GSA
>>>>>> is a only association to not have mental health benefits for its students.
>>>>>> However all these comes with increased prices and the additional prices for
>>>>>> including mental health benefits are added below,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Psychology Coverage : Maximum of 50% per visit and up to $400
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The cost impact on the Health Premium would be : *$19.11*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Psychology Coverage : Maximum of 50% per visit and up to $500
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The cost impact on the Health Premium would be : *$23.98*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When the new Health Plan fee cap, remember that you're adding the
>>>>>> cost of the benefit to the Projected Plan Premium of 2019-20 of
>>>>>> *$168.22* and rounding up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The least expensive option was to go with a Max of $30 per visit and
>>>>>> a $500 Total for *$9.56"*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kindly email the directors as early as possible and please provide
>>>>>> them a maximum deadline upto wednesday evng. This is something really
>>>>>> important and finalized soon and so i would request everyone to respond on
>>>>>> time considering the benefits of students.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Aathi Prasath Agasthiappan
>>>>>> *Vice President - External*
>>>>>>
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