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Trenton council debates short-term use of health-care fund and push to high-deductible plans
Summary
Council and staff discussed absorbing a spike in premiums this year using the health-care fund balance, employer HSA contributions to aid the transition, and an anticipated shift of employees to a high-deductible plan in future years; staff said the healthcare fund remains well funded for now.
Councilmembers pressed staff on health-care costs and how the draft budget treats premiums and benefit design.
A councilmember identified health care as their biggest budget concern, asking how the city would cover costs in the second and third years. Jill said the current year's impact was covered from the health-care fund balance rather than the general fund. "It's out of the health care fund balance," she said.
Staff said the…
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