Lehigh County controller calls on county to find ways to reduce health care spending

Lehigh County controller calls on county to find ways to reduce health care spending

The Lehigh County controller is requesting that county administration look at ways of lowering employee health insurance costs to help make up for its budget deficit. Controller Mark Pinsley released a report Thursday where he recommended three possible methods that he said could save the county as much as $3 million per year. He said that for the last several years, Lehigh County has run a budget deficit of about $4 million and needed to dip in…