Gov. Phil Murphy and 16 public sector unions representing state workers struck a deal Sept. 4 over health care benefit savings. State health worker benefits became a flashpoint during the budget ...

Limiting who may take expensive weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy. Charging much higher premiums and co-pays for just about everything. Regularly reviewing and renegotiating drug prices.

TRENTON, N.J. (PIX11) — Like many other State employees, accountant Tracy Gilliam has had enough of rising health insurance costs. “My co-workers and I cannot afford more increases to our health costs ...

The State Health Benefits Program that insures nearly 150,000 county and municipal employees in New Jersey is broke and headed for collapse next year, unless members agree to pay thousands of dollars ...

With health care premiums rising significantly in recent years for New Jersey's clerks, DPW workers and other local public employees, the state plan that administers medical insurance to hundreds of ...

Another fight is brewing over New Jersey’s already beleaguered public worker health plans. A provision in the $58.8 billion budget Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Monday night calls for the state or ...

As Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill resigns from Congress and works steadily through the transition period to ready her administration, lawmakers in the state Legislature are also looking ahead to 2026.

New Jersey could save hundreds of millions of dollars each year by slimming generous public worker health plans or by increasing members’ share of costs, but no other proposals would alone save enough ...