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Bourbon County Commission votes to leave state health plan, adopt local Blue Cross option
Summary
After a staff presentation on costs and tradeoffs, the Bourbon County Commission voted to exit the State of Kansas group health plan and enroll with a local Blue Cross Blue Shield option, citing projected net savings and administrative tradeoffs including a three‑year re‑entry restriction to the state pool.
The Bourbon County Board of County Commissioners voted to leave the State of Kansas group health plan and enroll instead in a local Blue Cross Blue Shield offering following a staff presentation on projected costs and program tradeoffs.
County finance staff led the discussion, saying the state plan’s latest rate changes would increase county health costs by about $94,000 annually. The local Blue Cross Blue Shield proposals were presented as two plan options; commissioners and staff estimated roughly $80,000 in gross reductions across health and dental, with an…
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