Partner benefits uncommon, but not costly, says study

Article Abstract:

A study shows that only about 150 U.S.employers currently offer domestic partner health benefits, despite the fact that such coverage costs companies little because few employees take advantage of the benefits. However, some companies, such as Apple Computer Inc., see domestic partner coverage as a competitive advantage in helping to recruit top employees. Some firms fear high AIDS-related health costs if they offer the benefits, but the average lifetime HIV costs of an AIDS patient are only $119,000, compared to $200,000 for a kidney transplant and up to $1 million for a premature baby.

Compensation and benefits, Surveys, Employers, Unmarried couples, Gay couples

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Virginia Blues edge closer to conversion into for-profit plan

Article Abstract:

Virginia's biggest health insurer, Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield, is seeking to convert itself into a stock company. CEO Norwood H. Davis Jr. feels that this step is necessary if Trigon is to compete against big out-of-state managed care companies. Virginia's biggest consumer group, the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, is concerned that this financial maneuver will be to the detriment of state residents. Company policyholders are scheduled to vote on the conversion on Sep 6, 1996, and if approved, the Virginia State Corporation Commission will start public hearings on Sep 9.

Management, Finance, Insurance industry, Corporate reorganizations, Trigon Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Virginia

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District medical centers belatedly prepare for move to managed care

Article Abstract:

Reform of the health insurance industry of the District of Columbia has been slow because the federal government, which employs most of the area's residents, has not attempted to forced health insurance providers to lower premiums. The transition to managed care has been fraught with problems including an exodus of citizens to the suburbs and a large number of poor citizens.

Washington, D.C.

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