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Ellis County approves 2026 health benefits renewal after lower-than-budgeted premium increase
Summary
The commission approved Blue Cross Blue Shield renewals and related benefits after staff reported a 3.6% premium renewal—below the 7% estimate used in the 2026 budget—and recommended small employee paycheck impacts to preserve the reserve fund.
The Ellis County Board of Commissioners voted 2–0 on Oct. 7 to approve the county’s 2026 health, dental and related benefit renewals with Blue Cross Blue Shield and associated plans managed through FCMI, continuing MASA air-ground membership coverage.
County Administrator Darren Myers said the 2026 budget had included a conservatively estimated 7% premium increase, but the actual renewal came in at 3.6 percent. Myers said that difference will reduce projected county expenditures and that, as of the latest figures in the meeting packet, the county’s benefits reserve…
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