Maranatha Baptist Church, a predominantly white church in Plains, Georgia, where former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn are longtime members recently hired The Rev. Tony Lowden as the first black American to lead their 42-year-old congregation.
Rising health care and pharmacy costs mean current and retired state employees will face health insurance rate hikes ranging from 8 percent to 25 percent beginning July 1, leading to monthly premium increases of $8 to $53 depending on the number of dependents and the plan type.
Rising health care and pharmacy costs mean current and retired state employees will face health insurance rate hikes ranging from 8 percent to 25 percent beginning July 1, leading to monthly premium increases of $8 to $53 depending on the number of dependents and the plan type.
The state’s health insurance program is expected to use about $7.3 million from its catastrophic reserve fund to subsidize the monthly premium increases.