Who currently pays the health insurance premiums for employees and their families?
Sixty percent of the County employees (3 out of 5 employees) are on the “employee only option.” The County pays 100 percent of their health care premium. Two out of five employees have the “Employee + 1” or “Employee + Family” option. The County pays 80 percent of these premiums. For the County plan option -CMCP 2- an employee pays about $162 a month for an additional family member. For the Kaiser plan, an employee pays about $120 a month for an additional family member. 8. Has the County’s cost of providing these health insurance plans gone up recently? The County’s cost to provide health care for its 7,000 employees has increased by $9.6 million. Costs have been escalating over the last several years. This year the costs for health premiums went up 29 percent, both to the County and the employee. Two years ago, the County’s cost increased by about $6.5 million (20 percent). Up until now, employees have not been asked to share any of the burden of the County’s cost increases. The prop
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