You can help your bargaining committee. With this survey you can give us facts that will strengthen our bargaining position on benefits. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey as best you can. Please complete before the end of the day May 10th.
 
Current paramedical coverage

CapU faculty currently have 7 paramedical services (supportive/supplementary medical services like physical therapy) covered by our benefits plan (listed below). For each of these services, Canada Life pays for up to $750 per year. That is the ceiling per paramedical service for each person on your benefits plan 

This ceiling amount was set in 1995. The value of $750 has declined in the 28 years since, due to inflation. Just to keep up with general inflation, in today’s dollars the ceiling amount  should be set at more than $1,330. The CFA is proposing an increase to $1,400. 

Additionally, the services covered have not changed much over the past three decades. We want to update this services list.

Part I. CFA proposals to improve benefits

We have tabled proposals to add services and restore the value of the per-service ceiling. But these are just proposals. We can’t make these changes without agreement of the University. 

We would like to know:  what benefits do you use, how much do you tend to use, and what you’d like to see added. Our goal with this survey is to gather data that will give us a strong argument about the likely cost of our benefits proposals. Without accurate numbers to use in negotiations, the employer may be concerned that the changes would cost too much.

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* 1. Currently, our flexible benefits plan covers seven paramedical services (for up to $750 annually per service per person). 

Which of these services have you (or members of your family who are on your benefits plan) used in the last three years? [click any/all that apply]

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* 2. Regardless of whether you use them, are there any you would be willing to give up if we can obtain other services to replace them? [click any/all that apply]

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* 3. The following is a list of paramedical services we are proposing to add to those covered. Please select up to three (at most) that you would most want to add. 

Part II. Cost of increasing the ceiling amount.

We are seeking to estimate what the total cost would be to the University if we increased the $750 per-service ceiling amount to $1,400 per-service. 

Your answers to these questions will help us to make the estimate more precise. Please do not exaggerate or understate your estimates: We are attempting to determine as accurately as possible how much total usage would actually increase with improvements to our current benefits.

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* 4. How many of the 7 paramedical services do you/your family currently use?

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* 5. How many of our current paramedical services do you/your family use up to or more than the per-service ceiling of $750?

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* 6. How important to you would it be to increase the per-service ceiling from its current $750?

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* 7. If the per-service ceiling amount was raised from $750 to $1,400, estimate how much more your household would use the paramedical benefits using the slider (0% = you'd use the same as you currently do, 100% = you'd use it 100% more than you currently do).

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* 8. Which of the following current paramedical services (if any) do you use to the current per-service ceiling amount:

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* 9. Which (if any) services run out for you too soon, requiring you to pay out of pocket once you have spent to the current ceiling amount?

Part III: Optional Questions

The survey data is completely anonymous, but we realize the following questions may feel too personal for some members. If so, please do not answer. If  you are comfortable answering them, please do. The more data we have the better.

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* 10. Under our agreement, the CFA has a Joint Benefits Review committee that monitors the benefits plan. Have you ever met with or submitted questions, concerns, or suggestions to this committee?

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* 11. If you can provide, and are comfortable providing, these details, please estimate how much (in total) your household claims per year on paramedical services? Enter a dollar amount value in the text box.

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* 12. We also have separate coverage for clinical psychologist services, up to $1,000 per year per person. This is a separate amount from our paramedical coverage. How much of this amount, if any, has your household used on average per year over the last two years? Enter a dollar amount value in the text box.

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