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City Staff Recommends Switching Employee Health Plan to UnitedHealthcare to Reduce 2026 Cost Increase
Summary
Staff proposed bundling medical, dental and vision with UnitedHealthcare and modest plan-design changes to limit a potentially large premium increase; Cigna’s proposed renewal would have been far costlier, staff said.
City human resources staff and the city’s benefits broker recommended on Oct. 16 that Chamblee move its 2026 medical, dental and vision coverage to UnitedHealthcare with modest plan‑design changes, saying the change would substantially reduce the city’s projected premium increase compared with renewing with the incumbent carrier.
Jennifer Burke, the city’s human resources director, told the council that the city solicited proposals from Aetna, Anthem, Cigna and UnitedHealthcare; Anthem and Aetna declined to quote because of the city’s recent loss ratios. Burke said Cigna’s renewal as‑is would have…
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