By Beth Sergent, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Potential Public Employees Insurance Agency plan changes for Fiscal Year 2026 are on the horizon. A recent draft of those possible changes has increases in premiums, deductibles, the spousal surcharge and co-pays.
“The initial draft of the plan discussed by the Finance Board is shocking,” West Virginia Education Association President Dale Lee said in an emailed statement. “The draft has costs being shifted to employees and retirees and that is totally unacceptable.”
Lee only represents one group contained within a much larger pool of public employees, both active and retired, who utilize PEIA and could potentially be impacted.
What’s in the draft?
The PEIA Finance Board met last week to review the draft proposal. Another Board meeting about the proposal is scheduled for Oct. 24 and will include the dates for public hearings to take a plan to the public.
In his comments, Lee said he hoped the draft proposal was “reworked and a much different plan is proposed at the next meeting.”
