After state warning, NJ panel approves 34% health premium hike for teachers

The vote to hike teachers’ health benefit rates came after a warning from state officials that benefits may be halted in the new year without an agreement.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 595

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The School Employees Health Benefits Commission approved stark rate increases for public health plans serving school workers on Friday after deadlocking on rate hikes for nearly two months.

The panel’s 4-2 vote to increase premiums by as much as 34% for active workers in 2027 forestalls, at least for now, the collapse of a plan that insures hundreds of thousands of school employees, but commissioners who oversee the program warned its future …

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