Self-Insurance Committee backs 5% health-premium increase; members press clinic use, weigh Rx and wellness measures
Sumner County Self-Insurance Board reviewed fund balances and rising prescription costs, accepted a consultant recommendation for a 5% health-premium increase, and discussed ways to steer employees toward the county clinic and wellness programs to blunt drug and nonpreferred-plan cost spikes.
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Sumner County's Self-Insurance Board voted to adopt a consultant recommendation for a 5% increase in health-plan premiums and spent much of its meeting reviewing fund balances, rising pharmacy costs and clinic-driven wellness efforts that officials say could reduce claims.
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