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By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board members delivered an early Christmas gift to teachers, school service personnel and public employees, approving a 2019-20 benefits plan featuring no premium increases or cuts in benefits.
However, they did roll back a proposal to eliminate financial penalties for insurees who seek care from out-of-state providers to apply only to counties bordering West Virginia.
That was after West...
By Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The PEIA Finance Board officially accepted several proposals from Gov. Jim Justice, including one meant to provide more flexibility for across-the-border medical care.
The board that oversees the Public Employees Insurance Agency voted Thursday afternoon to approve a financial plan for the coming fiscal year.
Discontent over proposed premium increases last year was a major factor that led to a nine-day walkout by...
We are disappointed that the PEIA Finance Board decided to approve the Governor’s plan recommendations instead of those put forth by the PEIA Task Force. This means participants will receive the 80/20 rate at facilities in bordering counties only.
Allowing plan participants to go to any in-network facility at the 80/20 rate would have leveled the playing field for all. Instead, some participants will be required to continue traveling long hours and pay a higher price in order to...
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New House of Delegates Finance Committee Chairman Eric Householder says he’s more interested in tax cuts than any tax increases.
“My vision is that we should be giving tax cuts right now. Currently we have a surplus and I think the moral thing to do is give the money back to the taxpayers,” Householder, R-Berkeley, said Thursday during an appearance on MetroNews “Talkline.”
Householder, who was recently...
By WCHS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Public Employees rallied Tuesday ahead of a P.E.I.A. public hearing with some like Krista Antis advocating for her family.
“When he gets sick it can be much more dangerous than a normal kid,” Antis said of her disabled son Davis, “I’ve spent a lot of days in the hospital. A lot of nights in the hospital with him.”
Davis, she said, requires constant care and, as an eighth-grade teacher, if Antis gets priced out of affordable...