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Board rejects Comptroller resolution to set citywide health coverage defaults and waiver minimum
Summary
The Board of Estimates considered a resolution from the Comptroller's Office proposing default enrollment (opt-out) for city health insurance and a $5,000 minimum health-care waiver credit. After debate and an unsuccessful amendment effort to remove the waiver-credit provision, the board voted to deny the unamended resolution.
The Board of Estimates debated and ultimately denied a resolution introduced by the Comptroller's Office on July 16 that would make health-insurance enrollment the default for city employees (opt-out rather than opt-in) and establish a $5,000 floor for the waiver credit given to employees who opt out and verify outside coverage.
Kasey Kelleher, deputy chief of staff for the Comptroller, described the resolution as a response to a 2024 Office of the Inspector General report that identified a…
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