The plan holds approximately $15 billion in assets contributed by employees and matched by UnitedHealth Group

The contract hinges on a pledge by the governor to devote up to $35 million annually for the union’s health fund.

The voluntary adjustments were announced as the systems are seeing "unprecedented" demand for inpatient care across their facilities and a significant increase in unvaccinated patients being hospitalized due to COVID.

A research group has been tracking reinfections in South Africa and reported a jump with the arrival of omicron that they hadn't seen when two previous variants.