BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Proposed health insurance increases for city-parish workers and retirees are drawing pushback ahead of a Metro Council vote scheduled for Wednesday.
If approved, the changes would mean an additional $1,600 per year for families and $400 per year for single individuals.
The proposal comes months after pay raises for police and parish workers and $17 million in savings from a Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage transition were approved a year ago.
Union says increases reduced but still high
The mayor-president’s administration reportedly met with the firefighters union Monday night. Association President Jake Morgan said proposed increases have been reduced but remain higher than the union would like…