ARTICLE 16
MEDICAL & LIFE INSURANCE
All employees covered by this Collective Bargaining Agreement shall receive benefits
under this Article. The provider shall be Alligiant Care POS Plan A with DN I.
prescription drug, vision, hearing. health club and life insurance.
The City shall be responsible for a contribution not to exceed an amount equal to an 80%
contribution for a HMO plan offered by the City, to include deductibles and co-pays
required of other unionized unsworn employees at the police department plus an amount
equal to the City’s contribution for dental insurance coverage for City merit employees.
In no instance shall the City’s contribution exceed the actual cost of the employee's
health insurance plan.
Employee shall be responsible for the balance of any premium not covered by the City’s
contributions.
Should the Union vote to have its members participate in the City offered health care
plans, the employees shall contribute the same percentage of the premiums as contributed
by a majority of City employees on those plans as well as being responsible for all co-
pays and deductibles for which the majority of City employees are responsible for under
the offered health care plans.
The health insurance through Northern New England Benefit Trust shall only be
avatlable to current members that are enrolled in the City of Nashua health insurance
plans or employees hired after the date of ratification of this Agreement. In the event of a
spouse’s death, divorce, or a job loss resulting in a member’s loss of health insurance
coverage under that spouse’s plan. the member shall be allowed to join Northern New
England Benefit Trust.
Alligiant Care shall retain the right to modify said Plan should experience become
unmanageable.
Upon retirement, members shall be entitled to enrol! in the City’s health and dental plans
so that they will receive the same benefits as other similarly situated retired City
employees.
LIFE INSURANCE
Full-time employees and other employees working a regular schedule of at least 30 hours
per week are eligible to participate in the city's group term life insurance benefit. The
benefit is equal to one and one-half times the annual basic rate of pay of each employee.
