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District health‑insurance costs surge; MOA on specialty drugs could trim next year’s increase
Summary
Business manager Keith Bartow told the board that specialty drugs and rising medical costs are driving the district’s health‑insurance budget toward an overall increase of roughly 17% year to year.
Business manager Keith Bartow and other district staff told the board that health‑insurance cost escalation is a primary driver of the 2025–26 budget gap and explained a tentative memorandum of agreement intended to limit specialty‑drug cost escalation.
Bartow said the district’s self‑insured specialty‑drug costs are running roughly 30% higher and medical costs roughly 12.5% higher year to year. “The self insured drug is about a 30% increase. The medical, is about 12 and a half. It blends out to be about 17% budget to budget,” he said. District staff showed plan‑by‑plan impacts and noted that roughly 59% of active employees are enrolled in CDPHP plans and the…
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