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Benton County approves ISAC health plan renewal, keeps employee share unchanged
Summary
The board accepted an ISAC benefits renewal package that reflects a 3% base rate decrease, kept employee contributions unchanged and approved a modest dental plan upgrade; supervisors voted to apply the county's selected funding option for FY26.
Benton County supervisors voted Jan. 7 to accept the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) group benefits renewal and adopt related plan choices for the county—9s FY26 budget, keeping employee premiums at current levels while reducing county costs under ISAC's negotiated change.
County benefits consultant Ryan Bevins, representing Assured Partners and the ISAC pool, told the Board that ISAC's overall pool performance produced a base-rate decrease of 3 percent for participating counties. Bevins said ISAC will return $1 million to counties as part of that improvement and recommended options for how Benton County could apply the reduction to reserves or to…
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