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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...
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The newly-shaped leadership team for the House of Delegates includes new chairmen of the key Finance and Education committees.
The announcements were made this morning by Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay.
“Our leadership team is committed to making West Virginia a better place to live, work and raise a family, and we plan to launch a bold agenda to further our state down the path of prosperity,” Hanshaw...
By: David Beard, The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Finance Board came to Morgantown Monday evening for a public hearing. About 75 people turned out; 16 addressed the board, urging a long-term funding fix, fairness for patients seeking out-of-state care, and a severance tax hike.
PEIA plan participant Sue Kelly didn’t have any specific suggestions but offered the board a rhetorical lecture.
“We depend on...