By: Sheila Crowley
Staff writer
The Murray County Commissioners met in regular session Tuesday, September 18th. The afternoon budgets talks closed off the lengthy meeting. The board reviewed and heard from departments in regards to their needs for this upcoming year in order to set a preliminary levy. This amount will not go up, however, could be decreased if there are areas in the budgets to find cost savings.
Commissioners vote to join PrimeWest Insurance
The Board, upon the request of Lori Gunink, decided to revisit the PrimeWest Health Insurance. It is a unique and innovative health plan option for residents in Minnesota service area who are eligible for Minnesota’s Families and Children, MinnesotaCare, Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO), Minnesota Senior Care Plus (MSC+), or Special Needs BasicCare (SNBC) programs. PrimeWest Health is unique in its ownership and governance structure.
The commissioners viewed a presentation earlier in August by Dr. Norris Anderson at which time they opted out of the program basically due to the cost ($880,000) and the fact the board was unsure whether the County would receive any reimbursement from FEMA for the dollars spent to do flooding repair.
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