Group Medical Insurance for Roane County Chamber Members
Tuesday August 21, 2007
Group Medical Insurance for Roane County Chamber Members
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Kingston, TN. - Members of the Roane County Chamber of Commerce now have a new benefit with their membership - the opportunity to participate in an affordable limited group medical insurance plan.
"The chamber is proud to be able to make this additional benefit available to our members," Leslie Henderson, President of the Chamber and CEO of The Roane Alliance said. "We will be one of the first Chambers in the state to offer this to our members."
"We hope that this will be the first of many such ‘perks' that we can negotiate for our membership, making Chamber membership in Roane County even more of a value-added proposition than it is already," Henderson said.
The plan provides limited coverage for basic medical services - similar to the state-sponsored program, but cheaper - and it will be available to all Chamber members, even individuals, at very reasonable rates. It is called Select Benefits limited benefit medical insurance and is being offered by Symetra Life Insurance Company.
With this plan, cost-effective limited-benefit medical coverage will be available to all members' employees and their dependents, whether they work full-time, part-time or on an hourly basis, Henderson said. Even those who only report for temporary assignments can enroll. Individual members of the chamber are also eligible to be in this Chamber group plan.
"Hopefully this will help our small business members to be able to offer a better benefit package to their employees," Henderson said. "There is no requirement for the employer to pay any portion, but employees of Chamber businesses get the advantage of the low group rates just by working for a Chamber member."
The program became a Chamber benefit on August 1, when enrollments began. The plan is limited and is not a replacement for a major medical policy or other comprehensive policy. It is designed to provide a pre-selected fixed dollar amount for covered benefits used on a routine basis.
The official launch of the program was Tuesday at the Chamber's August speaker series luncheon which featured a representative from Symetra, who explained the plan in detail. For more information, call Brenda Lunsford at the Alliance (865-376-5572).
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Contact:
Leslie Henderson
865-376-2093
