The City of St. Joseph is changing its benefits package to decrease the cost of a family health plan for employees by about $800 a month.
Jimmy Williams, a local firefighter and the president of the IAFF Local 77 firefighters union, is enrolled in the city’s individual health plan, despite being married.
“I’m the only one that’s on my insurance,” he said. “Luckily, my wife, she carries herself and she carried our kids because I couldn’t afford it with the city.”