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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF MR. DONLON HAD CONTACTED OTHER <br />COUNTIES OR BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHO CARRIES THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE AND <br />THEN WRITTEN THOSE INSURANCE CARRIERS. <br />MR. DONLON SAID HE HAD NOT SPECIFICALLY, BUT HE DID HAVE SOME <br />KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AREA, <br />IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STATEMENT HAD BEEN MADE THAT <br />THE SPECIFICATIONS HAD BEEN WRITTEN SO THAT NO ONE BUT BLUE CROSS OR BLUE <br />SHIELD COULD BID ON THEM. <br />MR. DONLON STATED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS HE WROTE WERE BASED ON <br />OUR PRESENT COVERAGE AS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY HE COULD MAKE A FAIR COMPARI— <br />SON. HE NOTED THAT IT WAS STATED IN THESE SPECIFICATIONS THAT THEY COULD <br />BRING IN ANYTHING THAT WAS COMPARABLE AND POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES. MR, <br />DONLON FURTHER NOTED THAT MANY INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE RELUCTANT TO BID <br />ON GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE. <br />GENE WADDELL OF ARDEN INSURANCE SERVICES INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />THEY NEVER RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND ONLY LEARNED ACCI— <br />DENTALLY THAT A CHANGE IN GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE WAS BEING CONSIDERED. <br />MR, WADDELL CONTINUED THAT HE HAS SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT WOULD BE INTER— <br />ESTED IN BIDDING ON THIS AND NOTED THAT HIS COMPANY JUST WROTE A POLICY <br />FOR TAX COLLECTOR GENE MORRIS AND IS WORKING WITH SHERIFF .JOYCE,' BOTH OF <br />WHOM WERE UNSATISFIED WITH THE BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD COVERAGE, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED IF THE BOARD FELT MR, DONLON SHOULD BE <br />ASKED TO PURSUE THIS MATTER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FEELS WE SHOULD ACTIVELY PUR— <br />SUE IT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, NOTING THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A MOVE AWAY <br />FROM BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD AND HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID HE FELT THIS SHOULD BE PUT OUT FOR BIDS. <br />GENE WADDELL SUGGESTED TO THE BOARD THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS NOT <br />BE TOO SPECIFIC AND DETAILED, BUT JUST SET OUT WHAT THE PRESENT COVERAGE <br />CONSISTS OF AND ASK FOR "EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN. 11 HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />DIFFERENT COMPANIES MAY WELL HAVE A DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP, WHICH <br />COULD POSSIBLY BE BETTER THAN THE PRESENT ONE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS REQUIRED THE INSURANCE <br />COMPANY TO HANDLE THE CLAIMS, AND IF WE HAVE TO HANDLE THEM, IT COULD COST <br />US MORE. <br />• s 19 <br />474 <br />FE 2 3197 cif ' <br />