By Molly Mulebriar
The City of Santa Fe has requested proposals for stop loss insurance for their self-funded employee health plan with a proposal deadline of February 23, 2015. However, New Mexico’s Insurance Superintendent issued a regulatory bulletin the week before the proposal deadline that effectively eliminates stop loss protection as a viable option for New Mexico employers that self-fund their employee health care coverage.
The task now before the city’s insurance consultant (AON Risk Solutions) and third party administrator (United HealthCare – UHC) is to find stop loss insurance for the plan’s July 1 effective date. According to market experts this will be a near impossibility without divine intervention. BUCA reps. are circling city hall anticipating the coming feast.
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