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r <br /> f BOARD OF SELECTMEN <br /> TOWN of MAE <br /> MEMO <br /> I ' <br /> i <br /> TREASURER/BOARD OF SELECTMENIEXECUTIVE SECRETARY <br /> CHAIRMAN CHESTER GARLAND <br /> FROM: -• <br /> 5 <br /> ADECEMBER 100 1981 <br /> RE:: BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD MEETING <br /> I attended the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Meeting on December <br /> for some A hours , and left as did others , with a complete sense of <br /> confusion and futility. <br /> The presentation consisted mainly of supposition and approxi- <br /> mate figures , with no concrete answers given to any of the questions <br /> asked. <br /> They camewith third alternative by offering months <br /> p <br /> rate to accomodate those people who had already paid their premiums. <br /> based on the current rates. The 6 months rate would then be followed <br /> by a 12. months rate, bringing that election into the fiscal cycle <br /> The bottom line appears to be that if we elect the 12 months <br /> rate, and and the majority elect the 18 months rate, we will toren b <br /> removed from the "Barnstable" Group Rating procedure, and our rate <br /> would be based on our own group experience. <br /> It is mfr opinion that this is an overt attempt to force all <br /> agencies into adoptinc the same rate schedule: 6 months , 12 months or <br /> 1.8 months, <br />