Tom,
Please proceed to prepare for council agenda on the 4th Tuesday in September.
Mayor, see email below from Tom.
Isaiah
Isaiah Hugley
City Manager
Columbus Consolidated Government
P.O. Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902
Phone: (706) 653-4029
Fax: (706) 653-4032
Ihugley@columbusga.org
Tom Barron/Columbusga
09/06/2012 04:13 PM
To
"Isaiah Hugley"
cc
Pamela Hodge/Columbusga@COLUMBUSGA
Subject
Retiree Health Care Committee Meeting
The meeting today and on August 24th was about the retiree health plan
renewal. The issues and outcomes follow:
BCBS originally asked for a 14.5% increase, raising the total monthly premium
from $190.83 to $218.57 (Retiree premium from $143.12 to $163.93).
Northwestern shopped the premium with other carriers and under pressure BCBS
agreed to a .5% decrease in rate to $189.83.
The best competing proposal was from United Health Care (UHC) for a 12.57%
decrease to $166.84 (Retiree premium of $125.13).
The UHC proposal is $23.99 less than the current BCBS premium, saving the
retirees $17.99 per month or $215.88 per year.
The CCG savings from the UHC proposal is $6 monthly/$72 per year for each of
675 covered retirees or an annual total savings of $$48,600
Total combined savings is almost $200,000 per year
In addition to the financial savings the UHC policy contains several benefits
enhancements that provide additional savings to the retirees
At the August 24 meeting the retiree committee voted to bring UHC in for a
presentation and to answer questions
At todays meeting the committee voted 6-0 in favor of recommending to Council a
change of carrier to UHC
With assistance from Northwestern the committee will present their
recommendation to the members of the retiree association at the quarterly
meeting on September 13 at the Gallops center.
In order to change carriers on 1/1/2013, a decision must be made not later than
October 1. Accordingly, the retiree committee would like to go before Council
on September 25 with a request for approval of a resolution authorizing the
change.
Please advise any questions and if OK to put on the 9/25 agenda. If OK I will
prepare an informational package for distribution to Council. thanks
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