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Board approves partially self‑funded Blue Cross plan with 12% employee increase
Summary
On Oct. 8 the USD 253 Board of Education voted 6–1 to approve a recommendation to move the district’s employee health benefits to a partially self‑funded plan administered through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, with employees facing a 12% increase in their premiums.
On Oct. 8 the USD 253 Board of Education voted 6–1 to approve a recommendation to move the district’s employee health benefits to a partially self‑funded plan administered through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, with employees facing a 12% increase in their premiums.
District staff, led by Mr. Schwartz, told the board this option was recommended after studying alternatives that ranged from 8% to 17% increases and from fully insured to fully self‑funded models. “The recommendation that we have is to go to that partially self funded plan and to land at an increase at 12%,” Mr. Schwartz said during the presentation. Staff…
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