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VSEA Benefits Advisory Committee Chair Dave Bellini Responds To Insurance Premium Increase
In a VTDigger story, VSEA Benefits Advisory Committee Chair Dave Bellini explains how state employees argued against health care "premium holidays" in favor of banking the money to prevent increases along the lines of….say 18%. Thanks Dave.
"The VSEA “vehemently” objected to the premium holidays, as well as having no premium increase in 2013, out of concern that doing so would keep coverage costs artificially low, Bellini said, calling those decisions ‘fiscally irresponsible.’
‘What you’re seeing is a rebound effect,’ he said, “We’re getting hit all at once.”
The VSEA would have preferred to see more modest increases this year and over the past two years, he said, but the Department of Human Resources insisted on the flat rate and premium holidays, Bellini said.
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Information Regarding Your Health Insurance Premium Increase
Recently, The VSEA Benefits Advisory Committee met with the Shumlin Administration to discuss the current claims experience for the Vermont State Employees Health Care Plan. The Administration informed your union that the plan would require a significant premium increase; close to 18% in calendar year 2015.
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Auditor Slams State’s Failure To Track Social Service Contracts | VTDigger
Considering all the talk about Vermont’s looming deficit and the Governor recently calling on Departments and Agencies to "eat the Pay Act," the Auditor’s findings are pretty disturbing. How much money is unaccounted for by having no checks and balances in place and are Vermonters getting all the services taxpayer dollars fund?
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