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In reply to the discussion: Not getting any media coverage even before the election-U.S. Set to sponsor Health Public Option [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)14. It is not administered by the Government
GEHA (Government Employees Health Association) is a self-insured, not-for-profit association providing health and dental plans to federal employees and retirees and their families through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).
The company currently offers traditional fee-for-service health plan options with a preferred provider organization (PPO) along with a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that can be paired with a health savings account (HSA). On the dental side, GEHA offers two options under the Connection Dental Federal FEDVIP plan.
In 2006, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) chose GEHA as one of a select number of companies to offer supplemental benefits to federal employees under the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).
GEHA also has a contract with the federal government to administer benefits for the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which will be a transitional program until 2014. "GEHA now provides benefits to almost 1 million covered lives worldwide."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEHA
The company currently offers traditional fee-for-service health plan options with a preferred provider organization (PPO) along with a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that can be paired with a health savings account (HSA). On the dental side, GEHA offers two options under the Connection Dental Federal FEDVIP plan.
In 2006, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) chose GEHA as one of a select number of companies to offer supplemental benefits to federal employees under the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).
GEHA also has a contract with the federal government to administer benefits for the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which will be a transitional program until 2014. "GEHA now provides benefits to almost 1 million covered lives worldwide."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEHA
The GEHA is a private, not for profit insurance company. Just because the cater to government employees, does not make them government, nor administered by the government.
Their home page: http://www.geha.com/
Notice the .com and not .gov?
There are plenty of "not for profit" health insurance companies around, that insure government employees. They can be just a predatory as any for profit health insurance are. That said, GEHA seems to be following the rulers better than most health insurance companies do now a days.
They would not need a contract with the federal government if they were a government agency.
Therefore going this route undermines the needed Single Payer most of the rest of the world has had for decades.
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Not getting any media coverage even before the election-U.S. Set to sponsor Health Public Option [View all]
SugarShack
Dec 2012
OP
It is a contractual agreement between the Federal government and a private health insurance company.
RC
Dec 2012
#19
The government negotiates the terms of the agreement and structures the plan, yes, but
RC
Dec 2012
#23