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Board approves Delta Dental active‑plan changes but rejects adding ‘Smile Way’ for retirees
Summary
The board adopted design changes and a 4.1% active‑plan rate decrease for Delta Dental, including the Smile Way program for actives, but failed to adopt Smile Way for the retiree PPO after close votes and public comment about retiree affordability.
The Health Service System Board voted to adopt a set of recommended design changes to the active Delta Dental PPO and to accept a 4.1 percent aggregate rate decrease for that plan for the 2019 plan year. The package includes the Smile Way program (additional preventive services for members with specified chronic conditions), a cost‑estimator tool and several other benefit enhancements, Aon actuary Tom Ricks reported.
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