Looking at rate hike, Beauregard jury moves to shop health insurance
Blue Cross Louisiana is the carrier for the parish employee plan. The parish picks up the entire premium, passing none of it along to employees.
This yea, through August, the parish has paid
In 2016, the parish paid
Because of the positive premiums paid to claims paid differential, the parish had a premium increase for this fiscal year of only 2 per cent.
This year is a different kettle of fish.
With claims exceeding premiums by about
Sonnier noted that one employee's claim totaled almost 10 per cent of the group's total this year.
That employee is no longer part of the plan group, she said. There were two other extraordinarily large claims, she said.
"You are probably looking at a double-digit increase, maybe a 15-18 per cent rate rise," she said, though she emphasized that nothing its definite until final experience numbers are in.
Nevertheless the committee voted to authorized Sonnier to shop the parish's business to other carriers than
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