PROFS Forum on Self-Insurance
UW Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, Wisconsin 53715
press release: PROFS will host a public forum on self-insurance on Tuesday, February 23 at 4 pm in the DeLuca Forum in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard Street. It is free and open to the public.
The panel includes UW-Madison School of Business professor Justin Sydnor; Lisa Ellinger, Director of Office of Strategic Health Policy with the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds; and Mike Bare, Research and Program Coordinator for the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute.
Background: Governor Walker said last month he would use savings from changes in state employee health insurance for increased funding for education. One option under consideration is switching from the current model of HMO’s to self-insurance.
The Wisconsin Group Insurance Board has begun the process to consider self-insurance and will vote February 17 on the language they will use for a request for proposals from companies that may help with self-insurance in the state.