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... Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Woodstock, ON March 27, 2006 EDITORIALNEWSSPORTSLETTERS ADVERTISING INFOARCHIVESCONTACT USCLASSIFIEDSCYBERSAVEROBITUARIESCAREER ADSSUBSCRIBE ONLINEPLACE AN AD Bowes PublishersSun MediaQuebecor MediaTV ListingsCanadian Health NetworkHealth Canada OnlineToronto SunCity Of WoodstockSchool TodayEnvironment 16 Brock StreetWoodstock, ON, N4S3B4Phone: (519) 537-2341Fax: (519) 537-3049 It’s back to schoolThe Woodstock Sentinel-ReviewBy Kristi Setterington - News EditorMonday March 27, 2006Just over two weeks ago teachers at Ontario’s 24 colleges walked off the job.

During that time, more than 150,000 students feared they might lose their semester.

But that all changed Friday evening, when it was announced that Ontario’s teachers and college officials had agreed to arbitration to settle their contract dispute.

The strike by the faculty over workload issues and class sizes began March 7.

For many, classes will resume Monday morning, but that doesn’t run true for students at Fanshawe College in London.

On its website, Fanshawe College indicated that students would be welcomed back to class on Tuesday, March 28.

Each school has created its plan to welcome back students, but other schools not opening right away include Georgian in Barrie/Midland and Seneca in Toronto.

"This is absolutely inexcusable and totally incomprehensible," said Ted Montgomery, who is chair of the OPSEU faculty bargaining team.

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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b about health-care costs, many small employers are nonetheless breathing a tentative sigh of relief.

Premiums for companies with fewer than 50 employees are projected to increase 5.5% in 2006.

That's higher than last year's 3.7%, but a whole lot better than 2003, when premiums jumped 16.1%, according to Mercer Health & Benefits.

An overall slowing in health-care spending gets some of the credit, but state regulators and small employers also play a role.

The immediate cause of Moore's good fortune: The not-for-profits that often insure small companies, such as his insurer, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, are awash in reserves.

Reserves are the difference between the premiums insurers charge and the amount they pay out in claims.

Highmark, which covers more than half of businesses in Western Pennsylvania, had a $2.5 billion surplus at the end of 2004, according to company spokesman Michael Weinstein.

It increased premiums an average of 4% in January, down from nearly 17% in 2003.

Why such robust reserves?

Most health-care analysts agree that the soaring profits at the not-for-profits are due to an unexpected slowdown in the growth of health-care spending.

National spending on health care grew just 7.9% in 2004, the slowest rate since 2000.

Prescription drug spending was up by 8.2%, the first single-digit increase in 10 years.

Meanwhile, insurers were charging premiums that had expectations for much larger increases baked into them.

But Bill Faison, a Democratic represen...

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