Governor Murphy proposes a $260 million bailout for New Jersey's struggling health benefits program, raising copays and cutting options, stirring strong backlash from public sector unions.

Copays for doctor visits would rise from $10-$15 to $30-$50, and employees would for the first time pay deductibles ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 under new plan.

Murphy said the State Health Benefits Program for Local Governments was in an actuarial "death spiral" as boroughs, towns and cities opt for their own insurance plans, which drains the pool of ...

In the final lame duck legislative session of his two terms in office, Gov. Phil Murphy wants lawmakers to pass an ambitious plan to rewrite state policies governing health benefits ...

New Jersey Treasury Department officials are warning about rising costs and spiraling structural deficiencies in the State Health Benefits Program, which provides health care coverage used by hundreds ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chris Deacon, Kevin Lyons, Pat Colligan, Marc Kovar, Mark Flores, and Vince Flores, frustrated with Horizon Blue Cross' abuse of the New Jersey State Health ...

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For the third consecutive year, government employees covered by the State Health Benefits Program will have to absorb double-digit increases in their insurance premiums, which have collectively soared ...

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 ...

State and labor officials have reached an agreement to cut costs for New Jersey’s distressed state worker health plan after months of protests and negotiations, officials announced Thursday. The two ...