Thursday, August 17, 2006
Health insurance costs for county workers increased considerably in the present fiscal year and likely would jump another 16 percent - about $300,000 in the 2006-07 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, emphasizing the want to stress healthy lifestyles, county officials were told Tuesday.
The $300,000 will be about half the increased property tax revenues the Board of Supervisors expects to have accessible to spend in the new fiscal year.
The county pays the premium for employees' individual policies; employees pay the costs of coverage for their dependents.
"It's been a challenge for several years for the county to get its hands around health insurance costs," Doug Henley, director of sales for Blue Cross Blue Shield, the county's insurance provider, said Tuesday during a presentation to supervisors.
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