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Orleans council approves 3.2% employee health-insurance renewal
Summary
After a presentation from Greg on the SCIHO renewal, the council approved renewing the town's employee health insurance, accepting a roughly 3.2% premium increase and new out-of-state emergency coverage through UnitedHealthcare.
The Orleans Town Council voted to renew the town’s employee health-insurance package with SCIHO after a presentation by Greg, who summarized plan changes and costs. Greg told the council the overall premium would rise about 3.2% from last year for the same package and highlighted a change to the out-of-state emergency network that uses UnitedHealthcare providers nationwide.
Council members asked about coverage for employees traveling out of state and whether routine care abroad would be covered; Greg said true emergencies would be treated as in-network and out-of-country routine care generally requires paying up front and submitting bills upon return. He also noted pediatric vision coverage is included in ACA plans and that voluntary adult vision premiums would not change. Dental premiums were described as rising about 3%.
A council member moved to renew the current package at the presented premium; the motion was seconded and the council approved it by voice vote. Staff were directed to sign the renewal documents and coordinate with SCIHO to issue updated ID cards with the new out-of-state coverage details.
