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w 1 <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: September 3, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item Nora <br /> Subject: 1997 Employee Health Insurance <br /> Department: Personnel Public Hearing Yes_ No-X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> 1 - 1997 Health Plan Options Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> and Estimated Costs Extension 2550 <br /> 2 - Health Insurance Rates for Options A and B <br /> 3 - Estimated FY 1996-97 Health Telephone Number: <br /> Insurance Costs Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Purpose: To consider employee health insurance options effective January 1, 1996 <br /> for calendar year 1997. <br /> Background: During the 1996-97 budget work sessions,the Board of Commissioners <br /> asked that Personnel follow a process similar to that for 1996 in bringing <br /> health insurance for 1997 to the Board for its consideration. Specific areas <br /> the Board said it wished to consider in this review are: <br /> • Revisiting the option of limiting employee choice in health plans to a <br /> single provider and identifying the cost savings which would result <br /> from this. <br /> • The current health insurance waiver option and whether this should be <br /> further modified in follow up to the 1996 discussion. <br /> 1996 Health Plan Changes <br /> As a result of the 1996 health insurance review,the Board implemented <br /> the following changes effective January 1, 1996: <br /> • Joined the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners <br /> (NCACC)Health Insurance Trust. <br /> • Replaced the Blue Cross Traditional Plan with the Blue Cross <br /> Preferred Provider Plan. <br />