West Chester Township officials approve insurance contracts; Aetna to provide medical and vision, Delta Dental keeps dental

West Chester Township officials approved three insurance contracts at a Nov. 10, 2025, special meeting, moving medical and vision coverage to Aetna and retaining dental coverage with Delta Dental.

Miss Brown introduced the items and said staff re-solicited the market for medical coverage and recommended moving back to Aetna. "They're coming in at an 11% increase in premiums," Miss Brown said, and told trustees Aetna offered additional employee benefits including telehealth, CVS Minute Clinic visits and some over-the-counter coverage; she also said a rebate was possible depending on final terms. Miss Brown presented each item as a motion and the motions were moved by a committee member and seconded by the presiding official.

The chair and other participants asked whether dental access problems raised in 2024 had been addressed. Miss Brown replied that vision coverage would remain with Aetna and that dental coverage would remain with Delta Dental, saying there would be "no other changes to employee benefits other than changing to a new provider" for medical. A committee member thanked staff "for going out to market again just to save the taxpayers some money," and Miss Brown described the annual market process as "a painful process every year."

Roll-call votes were recorded for each item. Missus Becker and Mister Welch were recorded voting yes on the measures; Mister Wong was excused and Mister Jones was absent. All three motions carried. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.

Note on motion language: each motion as read at the meeting included an end date of "12/31/2020" while listing a start date of "01/01/2026." That appears to be a typographical or clerical inconsistency in the meeting copy; the meeting record does not resolve the conflicting end date.