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Caroline County will absorb 2026 medical increase and switch to Delta Dental, board votes
Summary
After reviewing five options for handling an 11.5% projected medical-cost increase, the Caroline County Board voted to absorb the full county share (about $667,000) and separately approved Delta Dental with proposed enhanced dental benefits; open enrollment runs Feb. 4–17.
Caroline County supervisors voted on Jan. 13 to absorb the projected 11.5% increase in the county’s medical insurance costs for 2026 and to proceed with Delta Dental for the county dental plan.
A county benefits presenter told the board the total increase called for was about $1,019,000 across the plan’s participants and that the county’s share—if it absorbed the full amount—would be roughly $667,000. Staff presented five options ranging from…
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