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<br /> . Either Select Care, Prefer:r;-edOne, or both currently have network <br /> providers in a large portion of the state. However, there are <br /> some areas in which neither network is yet established, so some <br /> LMCIT member cities won't presently have the option to move to <br /> the lower-cost network option. <br /> If your city is interested in considering this new approach, <br /> contact Ginny Jacobson at Willis Corroon - 612-333-3182 - for <br /> information on what the network options are in your area and <br /> which health care providers' in the area particiPate.Ati.L.*.- .... <br /> f (1.l(.J <br /> VJrtg ~fti. <br /> Premium rates <br /> These rates will remain in effect through June 30, 1995. <br /> Benefit <br /> Deductible Plan Sinole rate Familv rate <br /> $150 6f~ 1ft.. Standard $161. 93 $418.11 <br /> '_ Network $145.74 $376.30 <br /> $300 Standard $147.92 $382.44 <br /> Network $133.13 $344.20 <br /> . $500 Standard $137.93 $356.62 <br /> Network $124.14 $320.96 <br /> If your city is interested in changing deductibles for the <br /> coming year, please contact DCA. <br /> For the past several years, LMCIT has used a "two-tier" rate <br /> syste~, in which cities that have had high claims and are likely <br /> to continue to have high claims costs pay a rate that is 10% <br /> higher than the rates shown above. A separate notice is <br /> enclosed if the upper-tier rates will apply to your city. <br /> What's ahead? <br /> Health care reform continues to be a hot topic. The state has <br /> for several years been implementing a series of reforms aimed at <br /> broadening access to health care and controlling costs. At the <br /> national level the debate over health care reform is heating up, <br /> but at this point it's anyone's guess what reforms might <br /> eventually come out of congress. It's a very real question <br /> whether a pooled self-insurance organization like LMCIT will <br /> continue to play a role in a reformed health care system, and if <br /> so what that role might be. <br /> . A bill the legislature passed this year adds some more <br /> uncertainty. The law c~eates a task force to study the <br /> feasibility of establishing a cooperative of all public <br />