Stracke v. City of Council Bluffs

WOLLE, Justice.

This case involves a city employee’s attempt to rejoin his employer’s group health insurance plan after he had voluntarily opted out of the plan. He contends that he did not receive adequate notice of the consequences of opting out of the plan. He also argues that the employer violated his constitutional equal protection rights by failing to either readmit him to the plan or pay him the cash equivalent of the premium paid by the employer to the insurer. The trial court, in dismissing the plaintiff’s petition, held that he had received adequate notice of the consequences of…