NC health plan option delayed, school advocated concerned about future
According to
A voting decision for benefit changes by the State Health Plan
Terrace Miller, assistant superintendent and director of human resources for
"We along with our employees have been very concerned about the possible changes to their state health plan," Miller said. "Many of our employees currently use the 80/20 plan and they are not happy with the possibility of having to switch to a different plan."
Young also said the board will not talk about making recommendations to the
"We are also very concerned about the possible exclusion of spouses from the coverage," Miller said. "This would create an undue hardship for our employees to have to find other coverage as well as creating additional expense for them."
Following a decision by lawmakers in September, a lot of changes are being proposed for a mandate in the state budget. It directed State Treasurer
Another plan is to raise the cash reserve to 20 percent of its total costs. The plan "looks forward to working with the
Although a change is not coming soon, several organizations such as the
"It is difficult to see the cost of our benefits, such as our State Health Plan, continue to increase while the majority of our state employees see minimal if any increase in their pay," Miller said.
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