Formerly, Battelle workers paid about 21 percent of the total costs of their health care. Under the new plan, workers will pay about 31 percent of the total - still less than the national average of 40 percent, Bippen said. But we've got a responsibility here to be financially responsible. We believe that's what we have done. We have tried to make this a plan to fit all.
Health care is no longer an entitlement.
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