How does Governor Branstad's idea about one state insurance contract for public employees sit with the Decorah Schools?

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad recently raised the possibility of the legislature removing health insurance benefits from new union contracts with state and local government workers, eliminating those items from Iowa's collective bargaining law for public employees.  Branstad said the proposal is part of a plan being explored to have all of Iowa's public employees, including those from the state, cities, counties and school districts, placed under one large health insurance program.  The governor has since stepped back a little from those comments after they drew strong criticism.

Decorah Superintendentt of Schools Mike Haluska said, "Such a change would have 'a profound effect' on Decorah Schools.  It could have a huge financial effect on the district.  This would be similar to the impact it would have throughout Northeast Iowa, where many people go to Mayo Clinic or Gundersen Clinic—outside of Iowa. This isn't going to benefit us."
 
The chief negotiator for the Decorah Education Association, Steve Peterson, was on the same page as school administration:  "Governor Branstad's proposed changes to collective bargaining would have an enormous and detrimental impact on the lives of public servants in our area. You'll often hear the saying, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.' For those of us in Northeast Iowa, Branstad's proposal would take something that's working pretty darn well, and smash it for no good reason. That's not what public servants should do. That's not what public servants deserve."