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According to this Raleigh News & Observer article, we'll find out over a year from now before fall open enrollment in 2024 just what the change in health plan administration from Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC to Aetna will cost members in terms of plan benefits, coverage, access to current providers, treatment paths, etc.... Continue Reading →
Read more: July 23, 2019: Treasurer Folwell's Clear Pricing Plan Must Not Interfere With Clear Open Enrollment September 1, 2019: To celebrate Labor Day and remind us of its significance, here is my C&D from the SHPNC June 16, 2020: NC’s latest shell game: paying for your “raise” with money from your health plan
“An evil magistrate intrusted with power to punish for words, would be armed with a weapon the most destructive and terrible. Under pretence of pruning off the exuberant branches, he would be apt to destroy the tree.” Benjamin Franklin © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence In the summer... Continue Reading →
This Labor Day I would like to remind you that advocating for workers’ interests is still a work in progress, and apparently can result in a Cease & Desist request with the threat of civil litigation from a state government agency. As a concerned member of the North Carolina State Health Plan, I joined my... Continue Reading →
Dear Treasurer Folwell, Health care providers should not charge secret prices, and the NCGA should not underfund the State Health Plan. The $34 billion + in unfunded liabilities assumes all employees retire at once. Please stop using this number to raise alarms, and focus instead on the $400 million annual underfunding as of 2017. Please... Continue Reading →
The key date for state employees wondering if State Treasurer Dale Folwell will stick to his “Clear Pricing Project,” resulting in many of their physicians and nearby hospitals leaving the State Health Plan network, is not January 1, 2020, when the new plan begins, it is October 1, 2019 when open enrollment begins. Like many... Continue Reading →
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