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Health Service Board deadlocks on insurer selection; schedules special meeting after UHC vote fails
Summary
After heated debate and hours of public comment, the Health Service Board failed to accept UnitedHealthcare’s 2025 Medicare Advantage renewal and scheduled a special meeting to reconsider Blue Shield’s prior RFP recommendation and UHC’s backup proposal.
The San Francisco Health Service Board on June 13 failed to approve UnitedHealthcare’s proposed 2025 Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) plan rate card, leaving the board without a final carrier selection and prompting a special meeting to settle the issue.
Board staff presented a UnitedHealthcare renewal that would increase fully insured MAPD premiums by 9.6% to $563.51 per member per month for 2025. Staff described UHC as a contingency option after the board declined last week to award the contract to Blue Shield of California. Director Abby Yant said the Board of Supervisors has raised concerns about…
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