Victoria city employees criticize proposed health insurance plan
Three officers with the
"I'm not a big fan of the increase in the deductibles and in increasing the premiums," Allen said. "It's going to end up being less money in my paycheck every single week and making it harder to stay in
Allen and two other police officers addressed city officials during the council's special meeting Thursday to discuss the proposed 2018-2019 budget.
Mayor
"There's obviously some issues," Councilman
Tuesday, the city manager's office recommended replacing the city's current health plan with a different high-deductible health plan, which would offer employees two different types of plans to choose from.
Under a high-deductible plan, city employees would have to pay their medical costs out of pocket until they reached the plan's deductible, at which point insurance would kick in and cover its share of the expense. For example, under one of the proposal's options, city employees would have to pay
Right now, city employees can choose between a high-deductible plan or what's known as a
During Thursday's meeting,
City manager
"We need to make some changes that are pretty significant with regards to what's happening in our health fund," Marthiljohni said.
Employees' medical claim expenditures have increased in recent years, causing the health fund to deplete so significantly that the proposed budget for the 2019 fiscal year allocates an additional
"Ideally we'd like a reserve that's (able to last about) 12 months," Garrett said. "Typically, the health fund tries to stand on its own. We try not to pull money out of the general fund, like we had to do this year."
___
(c)2018 Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas)
Visit Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas) at www.victoriaadvocate.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
VISD adopts 11-cent tax rate increase, budget
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News