Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Kansas Health Partners Benefit Association resigns, backs HSAs
[Kenneth Daniel, "Small Business Health Group Resigns," KsSmallBiz, 11 July 2005.]
Frustrated with inaction and poor leadership by the Kansas Business Health Policy Committee, The Kansas Health Partners Benefit Association has nullified their public-private partnership:
The KHPBA/KBHPC partnership was formed four years ago by the legislature to use public funds to help small businesses and their employees obtain health insurance. When no public funding was provided, KHPBA developed a private insurance solution and has been successful with it in spite of a lack of funding to market the product and operate the association.
William L. Kostar, volunteer Chairman of KHPBA, in the July 8 resignation letter to Commissioner Sandy Praeger, said:
"Health insurance continues to be a critical issue for Kansans, particularly small business, and KHPBA’s ability to creatively and nimbly contribute to the solution of this challenge can only be enhanced by our playing an independent role unencumbered by bureaucracy and organizational paralysis."
The group is now forging out on its own, and now sees HSAs as one of the better options for small business owners struggling to provide coverage to their employees:
David Hornick, Co-Executive Director of KHPBA, said "I’ve given my time for nearly four years to this effort, and the only success we’ve had has been with private-sector solutions. We do not believe the government approach is going to work. The Business Health Policy Committee is plowing the same ground it plowed three years ago, but with a different set of players. The types of efforts they are moving toward have been miserable failures in other states. They are just on the wrong track."
"We have a number of ideas for other private-sector solutions. We worked closely with Senator Barnett in the last legislative session to enhance Health Savings Accounts for Kansans, and will work to use HSAs to solve health insurance problems for more Kansas small businesses."
[Devon Herrick, "Health Savings Accounts: The Future Of Health Care For Kansans," The Flint Hills Center, 14 February 2005.]
[Kenneth Daniel, "Small Business Health Group Resigns," KsSmallBiz, 11 July 2005.]
Frustrated with inaction and poor leadership by the Kansas Business Health Policy Committee, The Kansas Health Partners Benefit Association has nullified their public-private partnership:
The KHPBA/KBHPC partnership was formed four years ago by the legislature to use public funds to help small businesses and their employees obtain health insurance. When no public funding was provided, KHPBA developed a private insurance solution and has been successful with it in spite of a lack of funding to market the product and operate the association.
William L. Kostar, volunteer Chairman of KHPBA, in the July 8 resignation letter to Commissioner Sandy Praeger, said:
"Health insurance continues to be a critical issue for Kansans, particularly small business, and KHPBA’s ability to creatively and nimbly contribute to the solution of this challenge can only be enhanced by our playing an independent role unencumbered by bureaucracy and organizational paralysis."
The group is now forging out on its own, and now sees HSAs as one of the better options for small business owners struggling to provide coverage to their employees:
David Hornick, Co-Executive Director of KHPBA, said "I’ve given my time for nearly four years to this effort, and the only success we’ve had has been with private-sector solutions. We do not believe the government approach is going to work. The Business Health Policy Committee is plowing the same ground it plowed three years ago, but with a different set of players. The types of efforts they are moving toward have been miserable failures in other states. They are just on the wrong track."
"We have a number of ideas for other private-sector solutions. We worked closely with Senator Barnett in the last legislative session to enhance Health Savings Accounts for Kansans, and will work to use HSAs to solve health insurance problems for more Kansas small businesses."
[Devon Herrick, "Health Savings Accounts: The Future Of Health Care For Kansans," The Flint Hills Center, 14 February 2005.]
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