GAU fights for your health care!
Thanks to GAU efforts, reasonably priced GatorGradCare health and dental insurance is available to all graduate employees. GAU has worked hard for a robust and equitable health care plan for the unit, and we are committed to constantly fighting to improve GatorGradCare for our members.
We are always working to address the weaknesses of GatorGradCare. Overall, our goal is to secure, by contract, the following minimum standards for health care for all graduate employees:
Your membership helps us get closer to the kind of health insurance plan all graduate employees deserve. If you are interested in health care, and would like to help GAU conduct research, develop contract language related to health care, or can do anything else you think would improve our health insurance, please feel free to contact us about it! For more information on GatorGradCare, please visit our GatorGradCare FAQ's.
Thanks to GAU efforts, reasonably priced GatorGradCare health and dental insurance is available to all graduate employees. GAU has worked hard for a robust and equitable health care plan for the unit, and we are committed to constantly fighting to improve GatorGradCare for our members.
We are always working to address the weaknesses of GatorGradCare. Overall, our goal is to secure, by contract, the following minimum standards for health care for all graduate employees:
- Access to cheaper visits, services, and lab tests within the UF/Shands network.
- Lower deductibles and coinsurance payments outside the UF/Shands network.
- Full dental, vision, and rehabilitative physical therapy benefits.
- Lower premiums for spouses, domestic partners, and child dependents.
- No lapse or interruption in coverage between semesters.
- Full outpatient mental health benefits.
- An uncapped prescription drug benefit with low copayments.
Your membership helps us get closer to the kind of health insurance plan all graduate employees deserve. If you are interested in health care, and would like to help GAU conduct research, develop contract language related to health care, or can do anything else you think would improve our health insurance, please feel free to contact us about it! For more information on GatorGradCare, please visit our GatorGradCare FAQ's.
GAU Continues to Advocate for GA Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Too frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic, GA safety has been placed at risk. Examples of this include:
1. Increasing in-person class offerings for Spring 2021 semester, which began with a vaccination rate of 2% for Alachua County residents.
2. Denying some ADA requests by faculty to continue distance learning due to medical conditions that increase their risk of severe symptoms if infected with COVID-19.
3. Initiating a "tattletale" feature that allowed students to report if their TA or professor held distanced learning sessions in place of in-person learning.
Please read our collection of statements on this issue below:
UFF-UF/GAU-UF COVID-19 Task Force Joint Statement August 2021
