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Irving proposes 2% increase in employee health‑plan rates for 2025–26 after higher claim trends
Summary
City staff recommended a 2% across‑the‑board premium increase for employees and employers, citing a 33–37% rise in year‑over‑year medical claims and growing numbers of high‑cost claimants.
Brett Star and city staff presented a proposed 2% increase in Irving’s employee health‑insurance premiums for fiscal 2025–26 during the June 25 work session.
Star said the city’s self‑insured plan serves about 1,902 enrolled employees and 4,277 total members. He said medical claims were running roughly 33–37% above prior‑year trends and that the plan currently has more claimants with very high costs: the plan had…
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