Aon faces severe backlash from Columbus City Schools and its teachers union over health insurance consulting deals that allegedly underfunded the district's self-insurance fund and could cost up...

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        "excerpt": "Some people in CCS Admin need to lose their jobs over this",
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        "excerpt": "Does CCS have literally a single competent person working in admin? The corruption and idiocy is unfathomable. Fire literally every single person who touched this deal in any way.",
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        "excerpt": "When was the last time an incumbent lost re-election to Columbus City School Board\n\n ? Nothing will change when they don't feel pressure to change.",
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        "excerpt": "Just a reminder, health care is a fundamental need, not the bargaining chip insurance companies have turned it into, so they can shave their cut off the top.\n\n Some version of single-payer, truly universal healthcare is what we'll eventually end up with, but only after trumpublicans get their undies in a bunch defending the insurance industry that funds the campaigns of politicians from both side",
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      "[post] an internal report found that the district could lose as much as $40 million dollars after deals an employee signed with health insurance consultancy firm Aon led to an underfunding of the district's self-insurance fund.",
      "[post] In a statement, CEA President John Coneglio said that CCS \"has presented educators with an unacceptable choice: pay dramatically higher premiums, accept reduced coverage, or some devastating combination of both.\"",
      "[post] The union said in the release that \"because of Aon’s predatory practices and a district administrator’s incompetence, CCS is now locked into multi-year contracts with Aon that have sent costs soaring.\""
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    "post_text": "Some highlights:\n\n\n\nThe Columbus Education Association filed a union grievance related to Columbus City School's \"preventable\" bad deal with an insurance consultant that cost the district millions.\n\nThe teachers' union alleges that because of that deal, educators are now being asked to substantially alter their health care coverage for the next year.\n\nIn a statement, CEA President John Coneglio said that CCS \"has presented educators with an unacceptable choice: pay dramatically higher premiums, accept reduced coverage, or some devastating combination of both.\"\n\n\"Rather than holding the multibillion-dollar corporation that created this crisis accountable, the district has decided that each and every one of their employees should foot the bill for this disaster,” Coneglio said.\n\n[The Dispatch previously reported](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2026/07/28/columbus-city-schools-board-members-insurance-money-aon/91078839007/) that an internal report found that the district could lose as much as $40 million dollars after deals an employee signed with health insurance consultancy firm Aon led to an underfunding of the district's self-insurance fund. Some members of the board said they were [interested in recouping the money](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2026/07/28/columbus-city-schools-board-members-insurance-money-aon/91078839007/).\n\nThe union said in...",
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