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Joint Insurance Committee recommends benefit plan lineup, reports 13% renewal increase totaling about $2.2 million
Summary
The district's Joint Insurance Committee recommended keeping the current medical plan options, unbundling dental from medical, enhancing vision coverage and absorbing a roughly 13% rate increase that would raise district costs by about $2.2 million for 2025-26, the committee told the school board.
The Joint Insurance Committee on March 5 recommended that Thompson School District continue offering its current medical options while absorbing a districtwide cost increase for 2025-26.
The committee recommended continuing PPO Select, PPO 5 and a Kaiser HMO plan with a $1,500 deductible and maintaining the hospital reimbursement plan (HRP) as a secondary option. It also proposed unbundling dental from medical so employees could enroll in dental-only coverage, and upgrading the district's vision benefit. "The net effect of the renewal for the health, life, and dental insurance will result in about a 13% overall annual increase to the district, which comes in at around dollars 2,200,000.0," the committee…
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