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Lubbock County considers higher health and workers’ comp budgets as claims rise; staff offers premium proposals
Summary
Human Resources presented budget projections showing rising medical and pharmacy claims, proposals to adjust employee premium splits, and unchanged HSA employer contributions tied to fiscal planning; commissioners discussed timing and links to COLA and merit considerations.
Lubbock County human resources presented projections and budget requests for workers’ compensation and the county health care fund at the commissioners’ June 26 work session, citing higher recent claims and two premium proposals for the court to consider.
The nut of the discussion: rising claims and medical inflation have prompted HR to propose raising the county’s budget for claims costs and ask the court to consider modest increases in employer and employee premium contributions alongside cost-of-living and merit decisions.
Melanie Hall, the county’s human resources director, told the court the county’s medical-plan participation had grown about 5 percent and that recent claim experience put the county’s 12-month claims increase at roughly 20.1…
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