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Dear Colleagues. This eBulletin includes a Negotiations Update from Ryan Normandin, Second Release Officer and Chair of the NTA Negotiations Committee. In these introductory remarks, I want to address the larger purpose and trajectory of negotiations as well as questions about building a negotiations “campaign.” Negotiations I: Why Is It That Just When They Come to an End, They Begin Again? The simple answer to this question is: It’s the law. By Massachusetts law, public edu

GLP-1 Negotiations (new) We continue to attempt to negotiate with the City of Newton and the Newton Public Schools regarding their removal of GLP-1 for weight loss from the list ("formulary") of medications covered by BCBS insurance. Here is where we stand, and our dilemma. Removing GLP-1 medications from the list of covered medications reduced by 7.4% the amount that insurance premiums went up for this plan year (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027). Bargaining to have them once a