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South Fulton moves employee health plan to Anthem; officials project $2 million annual savings
Summary
Council approved switching the city's employee health insurance from a level-funded Cigna plan to a self‑insured Anthem plan with stop‑loss, expected to lower gross costs and return pharmacy rebates to the plan; open enrollment runs Sept. 15–19.
Council approved changes to the city's employee benefits on Sept. 9, moving active medical coverage from Cigna’s level‑funded product to an Anthem self‑funded arrangement, shifting dental and vision to Anthem, keeping life and disability with New York Life and moving voluntary supplemental benefits to Aflac.
Tammy Starkey, senior vice president at brokerage Alliant, told council the Anthem arrangement projects a gross annual cost of about $7.2 million compared with a negotiated Cigna renewal that would have cost about $9.2 million — a roughly $2…
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