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Douglas County defers decision on switching employee health-plan administrator after heated debate
Summary
After staff and Willis Towers Watson recommended UnitedHealthcare for projected network discounts, the commission failed to approve the contract and instead voted 3-2 to defer, asking staff to return de-identified bidder comparisons and provider-disruption metrics before a final decision.
Douglas County commissioners on Feb. 11 considered a staff recommendation to move the county's self-funded employee medical and dental administration to UnitedHealthcare (UHC) starting June 1, 2026, following an RFP administered by Willis Towers Watson.
Michelle Spreier, director of human resources, and Connor Clune of Willis Towers Watson presented the RFP results. Willis repriced last year's claims through each vendor's network and reported UHC produced the most competitive projection of network discounts. Spreier and Willis estimated conservative…
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