Public employees in New Jersey will pay as much as 36.5% more in health premiums next year, in what is the clearest sign yet of the peril facing the insurance programs for hundred of thousands of local, state and school workers.
AON, a health insurance consultant, and Murphy Administration officials announced on Wednesday that premiums in the State Health Benefits Program serving county and local workers will rise 36.5%. State workers will see a 21% increase and members of School Employees’ Health Benefits Program 29.7%.
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