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MR. BROWN EXPLAINED THAT ONCE A YEAR THEY STUDY THE EXPERIENCE <br />OF THE COUNTY'S ACCOUNTS VERSUS THE PREMIUM PAID IN. IF THERE IS A <br />LOSS, THE COMPANY HAS TO ABSORB IT — IF THERE IS A CREDIT, THE EXCESS <br />IS RETURNED TO THE COUNTY IN THE FORM OF REDUCED PREMIUMS AND/OR EXTRA <br />BENEFITS. MR. BROWN THEN WENT ON TO DISCUSS MATERNITY BENEFITS'WHICH <br />ARE NOW MANDATED BY LAW FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, MARRIED OR SINGLE, AND UP— <br />GRADING OF THE PRESENT BLUE SHIELD SCHEDULE FROM "K" TO "B," WHICH <br />PROVIDES HIGHER ALLOWANCES FOR PHYSICIAN'S CHARGES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COST <br />WOULD BE IF THE COUNTY SHOULD CHOOSE TO STAY WITH THE "Kra SCHEDULE. <br />MR. BROWN STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THOSE FIGURES WITH HIM. <br />HE NOTED THEY ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE FIRMS TO MOVE TO THE HIGHER PLAN <br />BECAUSE DOCTOR S CHARGES ARE GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER. "K" NOW PAYS <br />ABOUT 35% OF A TYPICAL DOCTOR'S CHARGE; "B" WOULD PAY 55-60%. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE QUESTIONED THE BENEFITS PAID UNDER THE "B" <br />SCHEDULE FOR PATHOLOGY, WHICH ARE LESS THAN IN THE PRESENT SCHEDULE. <br />MR. BROWN STATED -THAT HE COULD ONLY ACCOUNT FOR THIS BECAUSE <br />THE "K" SCHEDULE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1950`S, AND SINCE THEN PROCEDURES, <br />SUCH AS CORNEA TRANSPLANTS AND HEART SURGERY, WHICH WERE RARITIES, HAVE <br />BECOME ALMOST COMMONPLACE. HE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONLY A $5.00 <br />DIFFERENTIAL, YOU WILL HAVE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND MORE EQUITABLE AREA <br />OF ALLOWANCE FOR PROCEDURES, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE DISCUSSED RECEIVING THE EXCESS PREMIUM PAID IN <br />LAST YEAR AS A REFUND RATHER THAN EXTRA BENEFITS. <br />MR. BROWN STATED THAT THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR A REFUND. <br />EXCESS EARNINGS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE COUNTY EITHER BY RATE REDUCTION <br />OR BENEFIT IMPROVEMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED <br />SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT A RATE REDUCTION. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE <br />GONE TO BID BEFORE RENEWING THIS POLICY. <br />DISCUSSION.FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT WE DID GO TO BID ON <br />THIS INSURANCE TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT IT IS EXTREMELY <br />11 <br />BOOK 40 PAGE 299 <br />MAY, 2 31979 <br />