Healthcare/Environment – November 2025

(Jean Marsch, Chair)

The Healthcare and Environment Committee meeting will be Wednesday, November 12, at 10:30 am, via Zoom. All are welcome. Please contact Jean Marsch at jean.marsch@gmail.com or 920-336-6834 for a Zoom link.

Special event – mark your calendar: On December 17, 10:30 am, the Healthcare and Environment Committee will meet via Zoom and host  guest speaker,  Selina Darrow, Founder, Interim President and Executive Director of Rooted In, Inc., located in Green Bay.  All are welcome to join us and learn more about this non-profit organization working to improve the health of the Green Bay community through increasing access to nutritious food.

We asked Selina to share the Rooted In story:

Rooted In, Inc., was founded in 2023 by our Executive Director Selena Darrow based on her 35-year culinary career and lived experience as a single mom. Rooted In's mission is to build a “community table” where all people are nourished and uplifted. By bringing people together, we improve access to fresh and nutritious foods as a tool for transforming health and wellbeing. The organization rescues food from going to waste in order to feed those in need; prepares meals for donation; develops recipes using local ingredients; and offers food literacy education and cooking classes. Members are dedicated community partners who commit to improving equitable access to nutritious food that drives systematic change for lasting community resilience.

27th annual Employer Health Benefits Survey

This link takes you to the 27th annual Employer Health Benefits Survey from KFF.  As in years past, the survey examines trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing provisions, offer rates, wellness programs, and employer practices.

Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $26,993 this year, 6% higher than in 2024. On average, workers contributed $6,850 toward the cost of family coverage. The average deductible among covered workers in a plan with a general annual deductible was $1,886 for single coverage.

What Would We Lose if We Stop Tracking Food Insecurity?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that, after 30 years, it will no longer conduct the annual Food Security Survey which provides widely used data on food insecurity and other factors. Read more here.