TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has long called for state workers to pay more of their health care costs, and now proposes a phased-in plan over three years that would require employees to pay about a third of those costs by mid-2014.
The Christie administration on Monday laid out more details of the GOP governor's proposal. Under it, current workers would pay 10 percent of their health care premiums beginning in July; 17 percent in January; 23 percent in January 2013; and 30 percent by July 2014.
New hires would pay 30 percent toward their premiums immediately.
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