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Council approves joining Western Michigan health insurance pool; staff and consultant say savings expected
Summary
Holland City Council approved a resolution to join the Western Michigan health insurance pool and a business-associate agreement. Staff and Gallagher estimated about 9.31% savings (roughly $400,000–$500,000) and said employees would keep current plans and providers.
Holland — The Holland City Council voted Aug. 20 to authorize the city to join the Western Michigan health insurance pool and to enter a business-associate agreement with the pool’s administrator.
City Human Resources staff presented the item as a fiscal and administrative step to move the city — and the Holland Board of Public Works separately — from a decades-long self-funded insurance arrangement into a membership pool. “We have a self funded insurance plan for the last 3 decades,” Jennifer Orme said, explaining the city currently retains claims…
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