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Dickinson County to review voluntary CHAMP employee benefit after presentation on savings and legal questions
Summary
A CHAMP plan representative told Dickinson County commissioners the voluntary program could raise take‑home pay for many employees and produce roughly $72,195 in annual FICA savings for the county, but commissioners asked counsel to review vendor indemnity and tax implications before enrollment. The safety-and-wellness committee will hear the plan March 10.
Steve, a representative of the CHAMP plan, told Dickinson County commissioners the voluntary program would ‘‘enhance’’ — not replace — existing major medical coverage and offers zero-copay primary-care visits, urgent care, telemedicine, mental-health consultations and generic prescriptions. He said the county could see payroll-tax (FICA) savings and higher employee take‑home pay without raising base salaries.
Steve provided numerical estimates tied to county staffing: of 152 full‑time employees, 134 would be ‘‘positively impacted,’’ he said, producing an estimated $72,195 in annual FICA savings to the county and $196,056 in total additional employee pay annually. He summarized…
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