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Board delays vote on equalizing early-retiree premium ratios after heated public outcry
Summary
The Health Services Board paused consideration of a staff proposal to equalize rate relativities for Kaiser and Blue Shield early retirees after detailed actuarial scenarios and extensive public comment; no 2017 rate changes were made and the matter was continued to the call of the chair.
San Francisco — The City and County of San Francisco Health Services Board on a contentious afternoon decided not to adopt changes to early-retiree premium relativities and instead continued the item to the call of the chair, leaving 2017 rates unchanged.
Director Catherine Dodd told the board she had reviewed 15 years of minutes and historical decisions and recommended that HSS consider equalizing the rate relativities for HMO early retirees (Kaiser, Blue Shield) with active-employee relativities over a phased period. Aon Hewitt actuary Anil Coacher presented numeric scenarios showing the dollar and membership impacts of a three-year grade, a full reset and intermediate…
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