GovGuam Employees, Retirees, Their Families to Lose Access to Choice in Health Insurance Coverage
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More than 7,000-plus Government of
Eleven senators voted to override the veto on Speaker BJ Cruz's Bill 3-34. The bill was vetoed last summer. If it had passed into law last year, the people who rely on GovGuam health insurance would not have been able to go to the
What we have today is a bill that leaves the GovGuam family with the cheapest single option for a health insurance plan. And although this new law leaves GovGuam employees without a choice, it will be implemented as passed.
The Speaker, following today's vote, touted a savings of millions based on previous negotiations. That savings could be artificial. In negotiations last year, one of the bidders didn't have a contract with the
The senators who voted to revoke the option for choice in health insurance: Speaker Cruz, Sen.
The Option of Choice
The current health insurance contract allows active and retired GovGuam employees to choose the insurance company that offers the services and providers -- local and off-island -- that best fits their family's needs.
For years, insurance companies opted out of partnering with the Government of
Senators who voted to save the option of choice: Sen.
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