RCEC Health and Benefit Plan

Employee benefits, primarily health insurance is the number one concern we hear from our members and prospective members. With the ever rising costs of health insurance, RCEC's Board of Directors felt we needed to explore options for a health plan we could provide. We approached Assurance Agency and ask them for their guidance and expertise on a number of employee benefit plan options for non-union employees of our members and affiliates. One plan could potentially provide Blue Cross! Blue Shield PPO network with attractive benefits and rates as low as $455 individual, $930 family.

We have had several discussions on this matter, over the past year, and agree that our next step is to reach out to you for your input and interest. In order for us to move towards implementation, we are hoping for a strong show of support and request the following information from individual and affiliated members:

                Copy of employee census

                    Copy of current benefits

                    Copy of latest billing statement

If there is sufficient interest, RCEC and Assurance will sponsor a meeting or webinar to discuss available options. While there is some uncertainty about the status of parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), one thing is certain- options for small groups are limited and costs will continue to rise unless we create some buying power and come together as a group.

I encourage you to provide the data requested by Monday, May 28, 2012. You can email your information to ckirin@rcec.comcastbiz.net or fax to 630-812-0442. If you have any further questions, please feel free to call me at 630-512-0552. We will report back to you after May 28th

Thank you for your time and consideration.