The following notification was emailed to all members as part of the UFT Update on June 25, 2025: 

The city and the Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) are in the process of negotiating an improved health care plan for all New York City public employees and pre-Medicare city retirees with EmblemHealth/UnitedHealthcare (UHC). We want to use these negotiations as an opportunity to address the growing frustrations we face with health care and create a better plan for us all. EmblemHealth/UHC has put forward a plan proposal that would allow more members to keep their current doctors; expand the network of doctors, hospitals and other services; and provide a clear roadmap to allow us to keep our health care premium-free. If the negotiations end with an agreed-upon plan, the plan will be presented to the member-based UFT Health Care Committee, which will make a recommendation to the UFT Delegate Assembly for a vote. The Delegate Assembly will vote to decide if the UFT, as part of the MLC, will support the plan.

Want to stay up to date? You can check our Health Care Negotiations page on the UFT website (w‌ww‌.uft.o‌rg/healthcareinfo) which we will continuously update throughout the summer. It includes an FAQ, which we will add information to as it becomes available. You can also follow our new UFT health care Instagram account @ufthealthcare, your new go-to official UFT source on these negotiations and for everything else related to your health care.