NJ towns, school districts owe millions to public worker health plans

As state-run health benefits plans rise in cost, some towns and school districts owe the plans tens of millions of dollars.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 968

Last Updated: 5 days, 15 hours ago

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Municipalities and school districts owed New Jersey’s public worker health programs nearly $50.5 million in arrearages earlier this year, months before experts recommended steep rate increases for health plans that insure hundreds of thousands of school and government workers.

The debts owed by nearly 50 local units are part of the mix behind another year of steep premium increases for state-run health plans that have become increasingly unstable in recent years amid …

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