The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has authorized an audit of employees’ health-insurance coverage, in hopes of saving nearly $5-million by removing ineligible dependents from the plan, the Morris News Service reported. A system official said examples of ineligible dependents include children who are no longer young enough to be covered and are not full-time students. After an amnesty and appeal period, employees who claim ineligible dependents will be dropped from the plan, and will have to reapply for coverage the following year.
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2 Responses to Georgia Universities Will Audit Health Coverage to Remove Ineligible Dependents
snwiedmann - March 11, 2010 at 7:10 am
Let’s hope the idea catches on with private employers as well. Coverage extended to an ineligible recipient is insurance fraud.
rowan1 - March 11, 2010 at 10:53 pm
a drop in the almost $600 million dollar bucket.