University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 7, 1988
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State may help fund health plan
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
Last year, state employees were upset about a health coverage charge; they charged more for health insurance coverage.
This year, because of the combined efforts of the State Health Care Commission and the KU ad-hoc committee on health care benefits, the state has offered to help pick up the tab.
The state of Kansas recently proposed a new health insurance plan in which it would pay $18 million, or 44.4 percent more than it did last year for Blue Cross & Blue Shield coverage.
Although still subject to the state legislature's approval in January, the plan is likely to be accepted, said Bob Molloy, the benefits manager of the State Health Benefits Commission.
"It still has to pass through the legislature." Molley has said. "But we have the government's support and we just had a meeting where we talked about them. I think the chance for this is very good."
The main benefit of the plan is that insurance premiums for state employee covered by the Blue Card are substantially lower.
Last September, state employees were stunned when the State Health Care Commission announced they would be paying $1 to $20 more per month for their coverage.
The increase was due to the difference incurred when the sale bid submitted by Blue Cross & Blue Shield for the state's health insurance contract exceeded the budget for insurance by several million dollars.
"Last year, the campus was taken by surprise," said Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor. "It was so sudden and gave so little opportunity for us to learn. The year, at least we know what's going on."
Those now insured by Blue Cross & Blue Shield have to choose between single coverage or family coverage, the new plan will give the state employee four choices.
himself, one for him and a spouse, one for him and a dependent, or family coverage.
The employee can choose an insurance plan for
"We had to become more competitive with HMH (health Maintenance Organization) and private hospitals."
The people involved in mapping out the plan also hope that it will include an indemnity, or one fee imposed.
This portion of the plan is for those who are retired, but not yet 65 years old.
An additional feature of the plan is that it asks the state to subsidize the early retirement employee and his family. Blue Cross & Blue Shield only subsidizes the retired employee.
"Our office and the governor's office would like to see an indemnity plan so that there will be no more extra costs to employees." Molloy said. "We would make what will make the plan the most competitive."
Molloy said that the Blue Cross & Blue Shield program provided coverage for 42,000 state funds.
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