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ORANGE COUNTY <br />' BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Oate: October 2, 2001 <br /> Action ggen e <br />Item No <br /> . <br />SUBJECT: Employee Health Insurance Renewal far 2002 <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Drag 2002 Monthly Health Insurance Elaine Holmes, Personnel Olreclor <br />Rates E#ension 2550 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough ]32-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 988-4401 <br /> Durham 688-]331 <br /> Mebane 336-22]-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To censitler renewal of employee health insurance plans through the North <br />Caroline Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Health Insurance Trust end CIGNA <br />(formerly Healthsouroe) effeMive January 1, 2002. <br />BACKGROUND: In summery, the County has receivetl renewal rate quotations far employee <br />health insuranm effective January 1, 2002. The renewal rates are within the amounts budgeted <br />for health insurance far 2002. Additional information is provided below' <br />Current HeaIN Plans <br />Currently Orange County ofkre three health insurance plans: Blue Crass Personal Care Plan, <br />Blue Cmss Preferetl Provider Plan, antl CIGNA (formerly Healthsource). Both Blue Cross <br />plans are offered through the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC) <br />Health Insurance Trust The County entered into the lnterlocal Agreement with the NCACC <br />Heahh Insurance Trus[efledive January 1, 1996. The Blue Cross Preferred Provider Plan is a <br />type of tretlitional health insurance plan. The Blue Cross Personal Care Plen antl CIGNA are <br />health maintenance organizatlons (HMO's). <br />2002 Health Insurance Rates <br />The NCACC Health Insurance Trust and CIGNA renewal rate quotations effective January 1, <br />2002 for the current health plans are as follows'. <br />Hwlih Plan Increase Emplayaea Enrolletl <br />Blue Cross Personal Care Plan ].95% 43] <br />Blue Cross Preferred Pravitler Plan ] 95 % 45 <br />CIGNA ~ 14.00% 154 <br />