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County staff recommends switching employee health plan to Anthem after bids show 0% increase
Summary
County staff reported Anthem Blue Cross returned a 0% increase for Montezuma Countys health, dental, vision and life plans after competing bids from UnitedHealth and Aetna; staff recommended switching to Anthem to hold costs steady while monitoring long-term funding levels.
County staff reported a range of bids for the countys employee health benefits and recommended switching to Anthem Blue Cross after Anthem offered no increase to total premiums.
Speaker 3, a county staff member who led the benefits presentation, said an initial UnitedHealth quote came back at 16% before later re-evaluation dropped to 9%; Aetna declined to quote and Anthem "came in basically at 0%". Speaker 3 told the Board the countys…
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