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You might think that the legislative committee that oversees the State Health Plan would know what was happening with the plan. But youd be wrong. Co-chairs Senator Tony Rand and Representative Hugh Holliman were surprised by a $300 million shortfall.1 Thats an awfully big surprise.
Now theyre asking taxpayers, retirees, and hardworking public employees to foot the bill, but theyre not asking for a dime from Blue Cross/Blue Shield—the nonprofit administrator of that plan.2
When Holliman was asked how much Blue Cross is profiting for administering the state health plan, he said, I cant tell you other than what they tell me. 3
And when Rand was asked to explain what proposed changes would mean for public employees, he said, I dont have a clue.4
Not very confidence-inspiring answers from two legislators charged with overseeing the state health plan.
Call Tony Rand and Hugh Holliman at 919-733-4111 and tell them to pay more attention to how our moneys being spent.
Paid for by the Working Families and Retirees of SEANC
1.A surprise projection of a $300 million budget shortfall for the State Health Plan in the current fiscal year and even worse news for the next two years of the plan has Raleigh politicians pointing fingers and scrambling for answers. March 15, 2009, The Capital Monitor, http://www.capitol-monitor.org/its-your-money/red-cross-for-blue-cross-massi.php
2.Senate Bill 287, http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=SB+287
3.Laura Leslie at Isaac Hunters Tavern, 3/31/09, http://wunc.org/programs/news/Isaac-Hunters-Tavern
4.The Progressive Pulse, March 10, 2009, http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/10/sen-tony-rand-on-what-state-health-plan-changes-will-mean-for-average-employees/
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