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Texarkana firefighters union urges board to offer more health-plan options, warns premium hike would be like a pay cut
Summary
Daniel Fields, president of the Texark County Arkansas Firefighters Union, told the board that a proposed family premium increase (about $225/month) would amount to a pay cut and urged the city to offer a lower-deductible option plus a high-deductible HSA option so employees and retirees have choices.
At the citizen comment portion of the Dec. 2 meeting, Daniel Fields, who identified himself as president of the Texark County Arkansas Firefighters Union and a resident of Ramblewood Road, urged the board to maintain competitive employee benefits and to offer multiple health-plan options.
Fields said the proposed family premium increase would amount to roughly a $225-a-month loss in take-home pay for affected employees and…
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