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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130710

Important it has been for them over the last four difficult years financially for families to have been able to deliver what is essentially flat trends for the last four years. 4 years. There is also the view of this just for the city and county of San Francisco on slide 9. The premium increase is a 7 percent increase. A 1. 1 percent increase and a negative 2 percent decrease for that portion of that. Thats primarily due to the blue shield and city plan premium. We did also want to mention on page 10, that there is a rates and benefit packet. A flat premium incentive subsidy. This was at the meeting on the Health Service board. The board approved a rate card for the blue shield and city plan and this card will provide a subsidy from the trust fund to bring the 2014 only contribution to be the same contribution of the kaiser contribution for our members. This rate would apply t ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130711

On page 39. That does reflect the aggregate rate for all the employers and the employees as opposed to what is reflected in our report that shows the significant reduction for the City Health Plan as well as for the blue shield represents the city of San Franciscos cost and that is the blended rate for the employees, but its only the citys contribution. Thank you. Thats an important distinction. The city of San Franciscos membership for employers has a lower percentage of kaiser members than the other employers. So the impact of the 5. 25 percent increase for kaiser has less an impact on the premiums than it does on the rest of the employers. Supervisor avalos . Looking at the difference between we are seeing blue shield about even and the city plan going down, we are seeing an increase in the kaiser rates. How can you e ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130715

Impacts. Can i ask a question. From previous documents that i thought it showed that the blue shield premium decreased in previous documents along with the city plan as well, but the aggregate premium increase shows that blue shield went up. Can you explain that discrepancy. I cant remember where that was where the document that i was reviewing. My understanding that the citys plan and blue shield was going down and kaiser was going up by 5 percent. This is an aggregate of the active and early retiree rate. This aggregate view is a combination of all plans we have under a health plan and thats true for both kaiser and blue shield. The blue shield medicare increase was 5. 9 percent emerged with the active and early retiree rate which was zero, i believe. And so for an over all, a point 55. Supervisor mar, i believe you were referring total table on page 39. That does reflect the aggregate rate for all the employers and the employees as opposed to what is reflected in our report that sho ....

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