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Commissioner reports insurance fund director search, HRA savings example and county staff urged to explore benefits change
Summary
A commissioner reported on a pooled insurance fund meeting, the search for its executive director and a health-reimbursement-arrangement (HRA) analysis that saved Island Transit $600,000 and previously showed a potential $2 million saving for Thurston County benefits; commissioners asked staff to evaluate the option given budget pressures.
At the Aug. 12 Thurston County commissioners meeting, a commissioner reported on a recent insurance fund meeting and urged staff to reexamine a prior health-reimbursement-arrangement (HRA) analysis that consultants said could save the county money on employee benefits.
The commissioner described the insurance fund as a limited pooled entity that includes some non-county governmental organizations and said the meeting included an executive-session topic the speaker could not discuss…
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