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Advocates Urge Transparency, Protections for Municipal Health Plans
Summary
Mass Retirees and union representatives urged the Joint Committee on Public Service to advance bills that would require brokers to disclose compensation and protect municipal retirees from retroactive premium increases, citing rising health-care costs and lack of local transparency.
The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony urging a set of bills to increase transparency in municipal health insurance and to protect local retirees from retroactive premium increases.
Nancy McGovern, director of healthcare and retirement advocacy for the Mass Retirees Association, told the committee that municipalities increasingly rely on brokers and consultants to design and administer plans and that the lack of clear role definitions and pay disclosures “leaves municipalities and employees without transparency.” She urged the committee to support House 2890, which would…
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