Memphis fire union leader says his group and others will present alternative insurance plan
By David Connolly, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. | |
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"I think that you'll see (Tuesday) that there will be a very real and decent proposal from our side," Malone said. "And if the full committee will buy into it, we can get it before the
Malone said he wasn't ready to release details. He added that he's been talking with insurance experts around the country and that his and other municipal labor unions planned a conference call Monday evening to finalize their presentation.
The city faced a
At the last
The committee's recommendations are nonbinding and would have to be approved by the full
Any solution that restores retiree health care subsidies would likely not only have to pay for the annual costs, but the long-term unfunded deficit, estimated at
The unions' proposal won't be the only item that goes before the committee Tuesday. The group will likely discuss alternative health insurance plans for retirees who will be priced out of city health care.
The city is "self-insured," meaning that it simply pays insurance claims through
Collins wants the city to begin paying premiums to a third party insurer.
"The employees would pay the health care insurance company and the health care insurance company would manage the insurance and therefore the city's liabilities would go down," Collins said.
City finance director
"Our obligation to provide the health care would be the same," said
The committee meets at
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