Average Travis County tax bill to go up about $32 under new budget
County commissioners on Tuesday approved a
While the county's tax rate is lower than last year's rate of
The rates approved Tuesday will mean that for the owner of the average
Still,
The county budget is about 5.1 percent larger than last year's and includes a general fund of
The spending plan includes about
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Those members tend to be sicker, and the goal would be to decrease the amount that Sendero has to pay back to the federal government under the risk adjustment provision of the Affordable Care Act. The provision requires insurers with healthier members to pay insurers with sicker members as an attempt to level the playing field.
"With the insurance business ... but also in the Affordable Care Act marketplace with all its political turmoil if you will, you have to be all in, and so this is an effort that is calculated," Geeslin said. "Yes, it has risks, but they're calculated risks. We feel like we can be (all) in."
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A few people spoke in front of commissioners Tuesday to ask that
"It's ridiculous that in 2018, in one of the most progressive cities in the state, the nation, we don't have a comprehensive health facility or plan in the rural community," said
Commissioners said they are working with
"I know that the process is very slow, and I feel your frustration for that," Commissioner
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