Chancellor Syverud Updates University Senate on Benefits and Intercollegiate Athletics
October 24, 2024
October 24, 2024
SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 24 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
I'm just going to quickly update on two things from the last meeting. One is benefits and just to say that two situations we were facing that were mentioned at the last meeting are still true. The first one, health care costs have risen by a lot this last year. I looked more into exactly why. It's greater demand coming out of COVID. It's the dramatic increase in drug prices, and it's general inflation. But . . .
I'm just going to quickly update on two things from the last meeting. One is benefits and just to say that two situations we were facing that were mentioned at the last meeting are still true. The first one, health care costs have risen by a lot this last year. I looked more into exactly why. It's greater demand coming out of COVID. It's the dramatic increase in drug prices, and it's general inflation. But . . .