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HR recommends keeping 3% contribution and strategies to manage an 8.5% health cost increase
Summary
Boise HR presented a benefits strategy that recommends maintaining the city's 3% contribution to the healthcare trust, pursuing RFPs, a dependent eligibility audit and care coordination to address a forecast 8.5% increase in plan costs and close an estimated $1.5–3.0 million gap.
City HR staff recommended keeping the employer healthcare contribution at 3% and outlined strategies to manage an estimated 8.5% increase in plan costs for FY27.
Stacy, who oversees HR benefits, said benchmarking shows Boise’s benefits are competitive and that employees pay comparatively low premiums. The city anticipates an 8.5% increase in medical and pharmacy costs in 2027; Stacy said the plan cost increase is estimated at about $2.4…
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