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o All ABC employees az of Jmuary 1, 1998 (rather [hw Daly Nou with I S years <br />az o(Nat dale) would be eligible for retir« heahh insurance with I S years <br />service and <br />o The ABC Board would pay Ne full cost of [his coverage. <br />ABC employees hued after Iwuary 1, 1998 woWd be covered by Ne new policy <br />effecfive az of that date; that is, they would be eligible ro participate in the ABC <br />group health insurmce wish 25 years service by paying Ne fWl cost. <br />3. Svecifc Emvlovees Aff«ted <br />Prior to requesting the actuarial information from Ne NCACC HeWN Wumwe <br />Trust, Persowel smBObminW from ABC Direnor Pearson specific ~ rmatiov as m <br />Ne age, ABC urvice aW rethemem eligibility for Ne oven employces who wnWd be <br />affected by exrending Ne grwdfaN« provision Based on this, Pasowel pmjec[W <br />each employee's retirement eligibility date wd age ac rethemrnt if Ne employee <br /><ompleuM Ne IS years ABC service ne«ssary to qualify for ABC retiree health <br />ivurance wdrr Ne gwdfather provision. Persowel Nan provided Neu proj«tioru <br />to ABC Duxmr Pearson wM verifiM Ne aammny. <br />Attadwent 2 shows for We scum employ«s Ne fiscal year iv wldch each employs <br />would lust be eligNlem refve (wheNer a full urvioe reNemwt or w early <br />retirement) wiN IS Years ABC service. It Wu shows the emPloYce's age at <br />ret'vemmt and Ne yeah from Necwent date. For example, Ne fnn dnte ova of the <br />uvm employees woWd be eligible to retve is m fiscal year 2002-03 if the avployce <br />mvolvN worked wdl ~e ]0. <br />4. Feedb kfio the NCACC HeWNI T Plw Advwd <br />Persorvrel provided the information on dre seven employ«s Wong wiN iWbrrvafion <br />ov dw ABC Board retiree MWN iveuren« policy m the NCACC HeaIN Inaurev« <br />Trutt's Plw AdmiWmamr aM requested fecdbeck on N<acnunal impact ifthe <br />van employees were coved wder tlx ABC refuee hwlN imiuence grevdGther <br />provision. <br />Iv response m Ne Cowty's rrywsl, Gerry Green, Senior Vice PresidenVMewging <br />Ex«ufive fve Sedgwick Nobl<LOwmWes ofNe Carolisus, Ne Trust's hmlN ivsumv« <br />plan admiwanabr, advises az follows: <br />o Employ«s who rethe at age 65 or vld« arc covered by iMividuW Mdicare <br />Supplement Irisumnce and arc vot covered wder a group heWN Nsurwce plan. <br />Thus, Ne cost m the ABC Board for coverage for such a retiree is tlx cost oENe <br />individual Medicare Supplemem policy. Such coverage has no impact on Ne <br />ABC Board's group heWN imurwce rate. <br />Por example, ttuve o[dv seven employees (numbers 1, 2 wd 6) on Na <br />