Sept. 2014 Advocate – 2015 health plan premiums

Some health plan premiums are increasing significantly in 2015, but Kaiser rates are going down slightly; Negotiations for raising the medical cap are about to start

Depending on which health plan you are covered by, full-time faculty members’ 2015 medical premiums may increase by almost 24%, decrease slightly or something in between. About 44% of full-timers—those who are covered by the Kaiser plan—will see their premiums decrease by 3.8%. On average, however, the medical plan premiums will increase by 7.78%, with the largest increase being 23.66% for the Blue Shield NetValue plan. A comparison of the 2014 and 2015 rates for all of the available plans is shown below, with the number of faculty currently covered by each plan also included.
The AFT and the District are about to start negotiating on an increase to the cap on the District’s contribution to the medical premiums.  Reportedly, the District is initially proposing an increase of $35/$45/$55 for single/2-party/family to one of the other bargaining units. The Open Enrollment period started September 15 and ends October 10, so it is hoped that the parties can come to an agreement relatively soon.

Plan

Plan Code

2014 Rates

2015 Rates

# of FT faculty
in each plan

Kaiser

Single

742.72

714.45

71
 

2-Party

1485.44

1428.90

34
 

Family

1931.07

1857.57

27

Anthem Select

Single

657.33

662.41

1
 

2-Party

1314.66 1324.82 0
 

Family

1709.06

1722.27

0

Anthem Traditional

Single

728.41

827.57

3
 

2-Party

1456.82

1655.14

4

 

Family

1893.87

2151.68

6
Blue Shield

Single

836.59

928.87

21
 

2-Party

1673.18

1857.74

6

 

Family

2175.13

2415.06

25
Blue Shield Net

Single

704.01

870.60

15
 

2-Party

1408.02

1741.20

6

Family

1830.43

2263.56

6
PERSChoice

Single

690.77

700.84

21
 

2-Party

1381.54

1401.68

18

 

Family

1796.00

1822.18

13
PERSSelect

Single

661.52

690.43

3
 

2-Party

1323.04

1380.86

4

Family

1719.95

1795.12

1
PERSCare

Single

720.04

775.08

11
 

2-Party

1440.08

1550.16

3
 

Family

1872.10

2015.21

0