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Board approves employee benefits renewal, district moves medical plan to UMR/UnitedHealthcare
Summary
The board approved a renewal of employee benefits that shifts medical and some benefits to carriers associated with UMR/UnitedHealthcare and OptumRx for pharmacy; the district cited a roughly 17% medical cost increase (down from a prior 27% renewal) and said employees will see an 8% contribution increase, while one no‑cost plan will remain available.
At the meeting the Board of Education approved the district’s employee benefits renewal, moving medical, dental and voluntary benefit administration to carriers tied to UMR/UnitedHealthcare and changing pharmacy coverage to OptumRx.
“Overall cost for the medical insurance is about 17%,” Miss Spangler, the staff presenter, told the board, saying that an earlier…
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