Municipal Health Insurance

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• • Effects of Municipal Health Care Vote (1)
  • TomRawson
  • December 10th, 2011
  Hi Will … The bill passed recently preventing unions from collective bargaining on health plan design was sold by you and others on the basis that municipal managers needed the flexibility it offered in the face of rising health care costs, that benefits were unusually generous in some towns (e.g. $5 co-pays, very low premium […]
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• • Perspective on Municipal Health Care Reforms (0)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • July 17th, 2011
  Some have found the conversation about municipal health care reform confusing. Here is a summary perspective.
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• • Municipal Health Insurance Reform (1)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • July 1st, 2011
  The state budget approved today includes a new approach to health care negotiation for municipal employees. It streamlines today's very cumbersome process while setting reasonable boundaries on the choices that municipal managers can make and assuring some sharing of savings with employees.
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• • Group Insurance Commission Costs (1)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • June 22nd, 2011
  One of the most important subjects in the conversation about municipal health care has been the risk of high out-of-pocket costs. The GIC has just released a study which sheds light on this issue.
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