County approves several HR benefit updates, debates pharmacy formulary changes
Sep 15, 2026
The Board approved switching life‑insurance and FSA administrators and adopted a more generous dental option; the board also approved a package of medical plan recommendations (including a pharmacy formulary change intended to reduce specialty drug spend) after lengthy debate about budget and human‑cost tradeoffs.
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Douglas County approved a set of Human Resources recommendations on Sept. 15: switching fully insured life/AD&D and long‑term disability coverage to Lincoln Financial (raising basic life for employees from $15,000 to $50,000), moving FSA/commuter benefits administration to OmniFi, and adopting a two‑option dental framework. Each motion carried; the dental plan vote recorded one dissent (Commissioner Borgeson).
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