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NJ, labor officials submit plans for public worker health plan savings

CWA: State’s proposals 'outrageous and unacceptable'

BY NIKITA BIRYUKOV newjerseymonitor.com
Posted 8/8/25

State and labor officials unveiled diverging proposals to cut costs for New Jersey’s distressed state worker health plan by $200 million each calendar year.

Proposals from Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration focus mainly on reducing health plans’ share of medical costs, while union proposals lean mostly on controlling the cost of medical services, whether through caps that would tie rates to Medicare and Medicaid or expanded billing reviews.

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