Agenda - 09-01-1998 - 9d - Laserfiche WebLink

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Budget for Fineal Vear 1898-99 The County butlget for Tscal year 1998-99 provitles footling for up to a 20 percent health inaurnce increase effective January 1, 1999. In tlollers, [his is about $210,000 for the prolegetl increase. Based on tlla quoted renewal robe for 1899, Na cost of Me County eontributlon for individual coveroge antl dependant coverage are within the amount budgsbd for healtll insurance for 1998-89. The budget savings yieltled by the equal renewal retes quctatl over the amount budgetetl ranges from about $80,000 to $100,000 in fiacel year 1998-99. Sole Provider Optlon The County also requested the NCACC Tmst provitle a "sole provitlel' quote for the Blue Cross Plans Mrough Ne Tmat. If Me County enters into a sale Provitler mntreq, this wouM mean tliscoMinuing the curtaM Hea9hsouroe plan aRecBVS January 1, 1999 antl offering Doty the Blue Cross Plane. Employees enrolled in Heatthsource wouM have to change to eiNer the Blue Cross Preferretl Provitler Plan or Ne Blue Cmsa Personal Care Plan effegive January 1. For Ne sole provider aptron, Me NCACC Trust quoted retes which repreceM no change in the renewal rete quoted br the Prefenetl Provitler Plen antl about a five percent decrease (a 8J percent increase rather than a 10] percent increase) for the Personal Care Plen. It is estimatetl thin wouM yield a savings of about $40,000 in 1998-99 over Me regular renewal quoted or about $80,000 on en annual basis. In the peat, the County has conaitleretl the sole Provitler option, but hea tlecitletl not to pursue it because of the strong employee interest in maintaining choice in healM insurance plans and Eeing able to access Duke physigana antl hospdal through an HMO plan, as is offeretl by Hea9hscurce. Plan Enrollment For iMOrmalion, the current enrollment in the haehh insurance plans and the waiver option is as follows: