My Number One priority is to control costs. Our city's health plan is a crown jewel. Everybody wants it. But we need to protect it. We should not give it to part-timers for life. No politicians. No judges. No lifetime benefits. No political favors answered.
This plan is a NOT traditional insurance. It is a self-funded program. Everybody says the plan costs $16 thousand per employee per year. That is not the way it works. The cost is about $400 per year plus claims. If a part-timer gets sick, his or her costs can be in the hundreds of thousands per year.
My background is in controlling healthcare costs. I have set up city, state, and federal programs to hold down healthcare costs. Intensive case management is the first step. Tort reform would help a lot, too. We need to examine tort reform.
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