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Pulaski County delays decision on offering spousal health coverage after comptroller's cost estimate
Summary
After hearing survey results and a preliminary estimate from Comptroller Mike Hutchens that adding spousal health coverage could increase costs by roughly $1.2 million at modest uptake, the Pulaski County budget committee voted to postpone the issue until the fall budget hearings.
Pulaski County’s budget committee voted to postpone any decision on offering county health insurance to employees’ spouses after Comptroller Mike Hutchens presented employee survey results and preliminary cost estimates at the spring 2026 budget hearing.
Hutchens said the county polled roughly 1,150 employees; 251 responded and 202 of those respondents said they would enroll a spouse if the option were offered. Using county census data and broker assumptions, the county’s broker McGriff estimated about 437 spouses would be eligible…
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