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Commissioners approve 2025 employee‑benefits strategic plan; committee to study one alternative and defer another
Summary
Porter County approved a strategic plan to guide employee benefits reviews in 2025, directing the benefits committee to evaluate an individual coverage HRA option (number 7) but not to pursue reference‑based pricing (number 8) this year.
Porter County commissioners voted March 11 to approve a 2025 strategic plan for employee benefits and to ask the benefits review panel to examine one alternative financing option while setting aside a second, more disruptive option for later consideration.
Candace Arthon, employee benefits advisor with General Insurance Services (GIS), presented the plan and outlined four focus areas: plan design, employee engagement, provider management and health‑plan administration. Arthon told the board the plan schedules vendor and program reviews across the year and noted that substantial changes would have long implementation runways — often into 2026.
During discussion commissioners and staff cautioned against radical mid‑year changes.…
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