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Brown County adds optional air-ambulance membership to payroll deductions after provider presentation
Summary
County commissioners agreed to add an optional air-ambulance membership as a payroll-deduction benefit after provider representatives described coverage levels and said flights by their aircraft carry no out-of-pocket costs; the motion passed with three yeas and one abstention.
Presenters from an air-ambulance membership provider explained a voluntary program that offers household coverage for air and (in pilot tests) ground transport. Company representatives said there are three plan levels, that membership can be purchased by household, and that members flown by the provider's aircraft are guaranteed zero out-of-pocket costs.
Commissioners asked about claim denials and provider experience; a presenter said commercial insurers deny roughly 50% of air-ambulance claims on first review and the supplemental membership eliminates that exposure for members flown by the company's aircraft. The court discussed payroll-deduction mechanics, uptake estimates, and whether ground coverage pilots will expand to Brown County.
A motion to add the plan as a county payroll-deduction option was moved and seconded. The court recorded three votes in favor and one abstention and directed staff to reevaluate in one year based on employee adoption data.
