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McAllen ISD narrows employee medical offering, board approves GLP coinsurance at 20%
Summary
Trustees approved consolidating the district’s self-funded medical plans into a single basic plan and adopted a 20% coinsurance contribution for certain GLP medications after amendment; vote passed 4–2.
The McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees on Sept. 23 voted to move from three self-funded medical plan options to a single basic plan and to add a coinsurance tier for certain GLP-class pharmacy drugs. Trustees approved the final motion with an amendment setting the GLP coinsurance at 20 percent; the motion passed 4–2.
Administration’s benefits director, Andy Silva, presented the recommendation and emphasized that the district would not raise employee monthly contributions or change core medical cost-sharing…
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