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March 26, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — City Treasurer Linda Moore provided an update to the Quincy City Council on Monday night and explained that health insurance claims from 2022 and 2023 continue to be processed and that more than 7,500 claims must be re-processed. However, she said the errors were not the city’s fault — nor were they the…
Read Full Article October 3, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council officially severed ties with Jim Baxter and Coalition Health, effective Jan. 1, 2024, when it approved Gallagher Insurance of Quincy as the broker for the city’s health insurance program for next year. Before aldermen unanimously voted in favor of the resolution, Greg Fletcher (R-1) asked, “This removes Jim Baxter…
Read Full Article September 26, 2023 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
QUINCY — Treasurer Linda Moore and Comptroller Sheri Ray have been working on tracking down money paid to the city’s third party administrator and money that had previously been unaccounted for. Moore and Ray went before the Quincy City Council Monday night ad reported the city has spent nearly $1.98 with Coalition Health since since…
Read Full Article September 19, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup plans to provide aldermen at next week’s Quincy City Council meeting a financial accounting of insurance premiums paid to Coalition Health and claims reimbursed to city employees from Jan. 1, 2022, to July 31, 2023. Troup said after Monday’s meeting that City Treasurer Linda Moore, Comptroller Sheri Ray, Corporation…
Read Full Article September 12, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council tabled a resolution during Monday’s meeting to buy secondary insurance from American Public Life for the last half of 2023. Aldermen requested more information from Quincy Mayor Mike Troup about the cost of the insurance before voting on it. However, several aldermen made it clear they no longer want…
Read Full Article September 7, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — After a two-hour meeting Wednesday night about city insurance issues, Quincy Mayor Mike Troup says he plans to recommend to the Quincy City Council at its Sept. 11 meeting that it buy a new six-month policy from a Mississippi-based insurance provider — about a month after a similar policy with the same provider…
Read Full Article September 6, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Saying “I’ve got nothing to hide,” Quincy Mayor Mike Troup announced a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in City Council chambers to discuss the healthcare plan for city employees. The Quincy City Council Meeting of the Whole is being called to present findings on the city’s healthcare relations with Coalition Health. A…
Read Full Article August 29, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A Quincy Police Department officer told the Quincy City Council on Monday night that employees have been lied to about the recent cancellation of secondary insurance. Inspector Patrick Hollensteiner said aldermen had learned in an email last week from Quincy Mayor Mike Troup that the city no longer has insurance through American Public…
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