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Proposal to shift Weslaco city health plan to self-funding fails after tied vote
Summary
City risk advisers recommended a UnitedHealthcare self-funded plan, citing transparency and potential savings; commissioners asked for more detail and the motion to follow staff’s recommendation failed on a 3–3 vote with one abstention, leaving the city’s current plan unchanged pending further analysis.
City risk-management staff presented a contested proposal on July 1 for changing Weslaco’s group health-insurance structure from a fully funded contract to a self-funded arrangement, and the commission declined to move forward after a tied vote.
Roger Garza, the city’s risk-management advisor, summarized two primary options staff had negotiated: continue with a fully funded plan administered by the incumbent carrier or move to a self-funded arrangement overseen by a third-party administrator with stop-loss protection. Garza said UnitedHealthcare’s self-funded proposal…
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