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Employees pick up tab in New Jersey health plan

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has proposed a phased-in plan over three years that would require employees to pay about a third of health care costs by mid-2014.

By Beth DeFalco | Updated on April 19, 2011
NJ Gov. Chris Christie, seen here delivering his budget address on Feb. 22, 2011, has proposed a plan that would require public workers to pay for a larger portion of their health costs. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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.

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