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Committee introduces RS 32,037 to let cities join state employee insurance pool; counties debated and excluded
2225078 · January 29, 2025
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Representative Rick Cheatham asked the committee to introduce RS 32,037 to let cities opt into the state's health-insurance pool, saying broader membership could lower municipal costs.
Representative Rick Cheatham introduced RS 32,037, a request statute to allow cities to join the state's employee health insurance pool. Cheatham told the committee that adding cities is intended to spread actuarial risk across a larger membership, and he cited Pocatello's experience with high premium increases as an example of municipal pressure on local budgets.
Cheatham said…
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