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Jackson County approves Florida Blue renewal; board warns budget hit of roughly $500,000
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted to renew the county's fully insured health plan with Florida Blue under a different plan design after hearing that recent claims drove steep increases in renewal quotes.
Jackson County commissioners voted to renew the county's group health insurance with Florida Blue, moving employees to plan 51-90/91 after staff presented recent claims data showing unusually high costs.
The change was approved after Michael John Milton, the county's insurance consultant, told the board the plan had produced over a 100% medical loss ratio in the most recent 12-month lookback and that one small share of members were driving most costs. "You have 24 people that have $50,000 more paid in that period of time... 5% of the group is driving 60% of the…
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