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HomeMy WebLinkAbout091206 Budget DriverHealth Care As Budget Driver City Council Briefing September 12, 2006 EXPENDITURES FY07-08 Major Categories FY 2007-08 Major Categories $863.5M Reserves 8% Debt Service $72M* * Includes $45.8M = rollover 11% compensation $95M Capital 1% $6M Personnel 45% $392M $299M Operations 35% PersonnelOperationsCapitalDebt ServiceReserves FY07-08 Personnel Costs $391.6M** Health Insurance 7.53% Miscellaneous Fringe Benefits 0.22% Life Insurance 0.82% Retirement ** Does not include $45.8M rollover 11.48% compensation in reserves (salary & health) F.I.C.A 5.54% Other Personnel Costs 1.94% Full-Time 66.97% Overtime 2.26% Part-Time 3.24% Full-TimePart-TimeOvertime Other Personnel CostsF.I.C.ARetirement Life InsuranceHealth InsuranceMiscellaneous Fringe Benefits Introduction Health Care is a benefit offered as part of ? the City’s total compensation package A competitive package is critical to the ? recruitment and retention of a quality workforce The challenge is to manage increasing ? costs to ensure affordability into the future 4 Background Created City and Schools Consolidated ? Benefits Office in 1994 as a consolidated service administered by the VBCPS Moved to self-funding from fully- ? insured by insurance provider in 2000 (Cost = actual health care service + administration + stop-loss premiums) 5 Background Formed Benefits Executive Committee ? in 2002 Selected Mercer Human Resources ? Consulting in 2002 to assist with issues relating to health insurance and employee benefits 6 Background Moved to one managed care carrier in ? 2003 Basic plan option added in 2004 ? POS plan added for new retirees in ? 2005 7 Trends ~ Cost Drivers Higher utilization of services ? New medical treatments ? More intensive diagnostic testing ? Defensive medicine ? (Source:Studies from America’s Health Insurance Plans and PriceWaterhouse Coopers –Employee Benefits News, September 1, 2006 and Mercer Human Resources Consulting) 8 Trends ~ Cost Drivers Aging workforce ? Growing retiree population ? Unhealthy lifestyles ? Fixed dollar co-pays in plan design ? Double-digit prescription drug trends ? (Source:Studies from America’s Health Insurance Plans and PriceWaterhouse Coopers – Employee Benefits News, September 1, 2006 and Mercer Human Resources Consulting) 9 Trends ~ High Prevalence Disease and Conditions Cancer ? Joint conditions and replacement ? Heart disease ? Diabetes ? Maternity ? Hypertension ? (Source:Studies from America’s Health Insurance Plans and PriceWaterhouse Coopers – Employee Benefits News, September 1, 2006 and Mercer Human Resources Consulting) 10 Historical Health Plan Costs Plan Total Health Plan Aggregate + Expenses for City & Schools YearCity Split 2001$50,200,000$18,474,000 2002$56,400,000$20,642,000 2003$60,900,000$22,655,000 2004$68,000,000$26,180,000 2005$80,300,000$32,200,000 2006$87,700,000$37,886,000 2007*$97,700,000$42,206,000 Projected * National Average for Health Care Increases for Governmental Employers 2005 over 2004 = 12%(18.2%) 2004 over 2003 = 14%(18.6%) 2003 over 2002 = 13.5%(6.2%) (Source:Mercer Human Resources Consulting) 12 % of Government Employers Offering Retiree Medical Coverage (2005) Pre-Medicare81% Medicare-eligible 60% (Source:Mercer Human Resources Consulting) 13 CITY YEAREmployer Contribution% Increase From Prior Year 2000$2,280 2001$2,4005.26% 2002$2,5205.00% 2003 –January$3,15525.20% 2003 –July$3,3506.18% 2004$3,68910.12% 2005$4,16913.01% 2006$4,5859.98% SCHOOLS YEAREmployer Contribution% Increase From Prior Year 2000$2,280 2001$2,4005.26% 2002$2,5205.00% 2003$3,15525.20% 2004$3,3506.18% 2005$3,85214.99% 2006$4,43015.01% Health Plan Review Plan Year 2006 Plan and Projections 9.1% revised trend, down from original ? projection of 10.3% due to greater than expected savings from pharmacy changes Co-insurance introduced on 3and 4tier rdth ? pharmacy Co-payment added for high cost diagnostic ? imaging 15 Health Plan Review Plan Year 2007 Plan and Projections City continues to fully cover the premium cost of ? the ”employee only”tier (HMO) City & Schools contributions are equal ? 16 City Employees (actives) Current Enrollees: 5,116 ? Projected cost increase (total for ? employee and City premiums)is 12% Employee premium costs will increase ? on average: PPO –1.8% HMO –5.2% Basic PPO –9.0% 17 City Retirees Current Enrollees: ? 567 Retirees on a plan 544 receiving the City’s contribution Projected cost increase (total for retiree ? and City premiums)is 20.3% 18 City Retirees Retiree premium increases include ? eliminating, over ten years, the implicit subsidy to cover real costs and help reduce the future liability. Retiree* premium costs will increase on ? average: POS –26.7% HMO –44.4% *For those retirees with 25 or more years of service 19 Upcoming Work: Open Enrollment for Plan Year 2007 in ? October for employees and November for retirees RFP for carrier(s) for Plan Year 2008, ? including medical, pharmacy and dental 20 Upcoming Work: Wellness and Disease Management ? expanded offerings Data Analysis ? Sentara Disease Management Programs ? Cardio4Life ? Health Risk Assessment ? 24-Hour Nurse Line ? Fitness/Weight Management ? Website ? Wellness Programs ? 21 Pending Decisions and Upcoming Work: Retiree Benefits ? Continue to offer access to Health Care ? Coverage until Medicare eligibility Continue eligibility for City contribution ? upon retirement for current employees with 25 years of service Address the unfunded liability to support ? future retirees 22 Conclusions: Health Care Costs for City and Schools ? is Approaching $100 Million Managing Increasing Costs is ? Imperative in Order to Continue the Benefit Retiree Health Unfunded Liability Must ? Be Addressed 23