Talking Points

• Not having Competitive Insurance Benefits sets Texas Public Universities behind their peer institutions.
• Texas Public Universities are losing valuable staff in both recruitment and retention because of a lack of CIB
• Withholding Competitive Insurance benefits hurts Texas Public Universities and their communities
• The lack of benefits is an equity issue. 
• Texas Public Universities recruitment and retention of key faculty and staff suffers.
• Texas Public Universities can afford to provide these health insurance benefits. 
• Other state universities in states with almost identical laws to those in Texas have found ways to legally offer benefits. 
• Texas must provide these benefits on both moral and practical grounds.