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Alice council approves renewal of employee health plan with Blue Cross Blue Shield
Summary
The Alice City Council approved a renewal of the city's employee health insurance program with Blue Cross Blue Shield after a presentation by benefits consultant Tad Doro of BKCW; council also set funding levels and authorized the city manager to finalize documents for fiscal 2026.
The Alice City Council on Tuesday approved renewing the city's group employee medical plan with Blue Cross Blue Shield and authorized the city manager to negotiate and sign final documents for fiscal 2026.
Consultant Tad Doro of BKCW Insurance presented the renewal and the plan design changes, telling council the vendor negotiations reduced an initial renewal estimate and produced concessions that limited the employer's increase. "Claims are not what we can control," Doro said. "We can control some things through plan design, but many things we can't control and so we try to work on the fixed cost to lower that as much as possible."
Doro described several design features the council approved: a primary-care-first network called Blue Essentials, a…
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