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� Health, dental, vision, life; flexible benefit compensation; employee assistance <br /> program; paid leave; contributions to the Local Government Employees' <br /> Retirement System and other supplemental retirement plans <br /> � Effective January 1, 2012 UnitedHealthcare became the County's provider of health <br /> insurance <br /> � Point of Service and HSA <br /> � Benefits information provided at previous meetings and work sessions during the month <br /> of June <br /> � FY 2012-13 budget includes funding for a 23% increase ($171,069) <br /> � No significant changes to other benefits <br /> Retiree Health Insurance <br /> � Employees hired on or after July 1, 2012 must have 20 years of continuous service to <br /> receive retiree health insurance overage <br /> � Survey of 22 other jurisdictions as of July 1, 2012 <br /> � 9 require continuous service <br /> � The break must be a year or less (1) <br /> � The last 10 years must be continuous (1) <br /> � 8 require total combined service <br /> � If the break in service is more than 3 years, the count starts over (1) <br /> � 3 require participation in a health savings account <br /> � 2 provide no retiree health insurance <br /> Employee Feedback <br /> � Prescriptions: <br /> � Brand names for certain acid reflux medications were not covered <br /> � Limited supplies for migraine and asthma medication <br /> � Members had to change prescriptions to get a lower co-pay <br /> � All generic prescriptions were not included in Tier I <br /> � Tier I co-pays increased from $0 to $8 <br /> � Services <br /> � Office visit co-pays did not include diagnostic tests <br /> � Preventive versus non-preventive services were unclear <br /> � Elimination of the obesity rider <br /> Employee Survey <br /> � 400 Employees responded <br /> � 73% POS plan participants <br /> � 96.6% of POS participants are very familiar or somewhat familiar <br /> � 23% HDP plan participants <br /> � 94.2% of HDP participants are very familiar or somewhat familiar <br /> � 76% participated in the health assessment <br /> � 95% would like to have $0 generic co-pays <br /> � 29% would like to reduce prescription costs <br /> � 22.8% would like plan improvements, if premiums remained the same or decreased <br /> � 34.3% would require employees to improve or maintain good health through smoking <br /> cessation and setting weight loss goals <br /> Next Steps <br />