For some state employees, the increase will be $8.72, in addition to the $18.02 they now pay for their family coverage.
That is now about $11,000 a year for family coverage.
Besides, he said, the policy cost only $11 a month for family coverage.
The average cost for a retiree with family coverage was $4,764.
The 31,000 state employees who have family coverage from Kaiser, for example, will pay $18.57 a month.
That same family coverage "used to cost $4,500 about six years ago," she noted.
Full family coverage at Shelley is now $1,255.17, with the company offering to pay nearly half.
The workers' share of premiums for family coverage in these plans was $2,247, on average.
Teachers with family coverage, which costs $6,085, would contribute $360, he said.
The average charge for family coverage will rise 16 percent, from $54.15 to $62.79.
