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St. Mary Parish board approves renewed employee health plan after insurer lowers proposed increase
Summary
The St. Mary Parish School Board voted Oct. 9 to renew its fully insured commercial group health plan for the 2026 benefit year after the district’s consultant persuaded Blue Cross to reduce a proposed rate increase; the change cuts the projected budgetary impact and preserves current employee premiums.
The St. Mary Parish School Board voted Thursday to renew its fully insured commercial group health plan for the 2026 benefit year after the district’s benefits consultant secured a reduced insurer increase.
Mister Perez, the district’s agent and consultant for employee benefits, told the board Blue Cross initially proposed roughly a 5% renewal but “honored the appeal and revised the increase from 5% to 2 and a half…
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