Health care

As president, Obama ready to participate in radio and television to defend his health care changes last week, Hernando school officials get a little sticker shock of their own security. District insurance companies, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, looking for 21 5% interest rate. “We hope the increase in health insurance, but you really do not want the 21 percentage point increase,” Martin said, Heather, executive director of business services area. “This is a big disappointment in the economic era.” Actual growth is likely to cost at least several percentage points lower than that, Martin said. Last year, Blue Cross began, an increase of 18 percent. By adjusting the plan to raise deductibles and co-payments, the two sides it 12%. Martin said she hoped that this growth will be close to 15 percent, while the local Insurance Commission – Workers and members of two organizations – the Blue Cross talks last Wednesday with the number of people about their progress. Blue Cross declined to comment on written statements issued through his spokesman 明马克赖特. “We negotiated with each client details are confidential. However, I can say that such a group, is expected to claim the experience in the coming year, the program is a key factor in calculating insurance rates.” In other words The company claims the use of history and the area is estimated that next year would be affected by rate of increase in claims. Area history is not pretty, Martin admitted. Claim is “relatively high in recent years,” she said. Last year, Blue Cross paid more than 14 million U.S. dollars in claims. “We are very healthy area,” Martin said. “We’ve improved.” Martin pointed out, however, the region is to “punish the lack of emergency medical facilities in the region.” This forced the employees into the ward, inexpensive way to access to emergency care, responsible for managing the county bomb, she said. School board has agreed in previous years, the district absorb most or all of the premium increase, and try to do again this year, said board member Sandra Nicholson. “If there is any increase we may eat, and I think it probably is,” Nicholson said. This may be a difficult task, because this year’s Budget has proposed a one million U.S. dollars in reserves, not for any purpose. But it will help who saw the rising costs of workers at their own expense, Colin Davis, said union president of the United Nations Hernando schools. Davis said that some employees choose to leave, because they do not have insurance can not afford it, he expects that number could rise. “You can choose whether to eat or insurance,” Davis said. Unions to accept lower pay in exchange region last year to pay the insurance costs. Insurance is likely to dominate talks this year, Qiaoweitali said Hernando Classroom Teachers Association. Vitali that kind of sentiment that many Americans, Obama said, prompted him to take health care reform sooner rather than later. “This may be a legitimate form of blackmail there, said:” Vitali.