Hamilton County commissioners are threatening to pull the plug on their Cigna health care coverage before it even starts.
The latest round of complaints by commissioners Wednesday concerned whether doctors under the previous BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee plan would be included in the new coverage and why open enrollments were going on for county employees.
“We were told every doctor was grandfathered in,” Commissioner Fred Skillern said at Wednesday’s commission meeting. “If they are not, I’m ready to make a motion” to end the contract.
Skillern said he also has heard complaints that some doctors in the BlueCross plan aren’t in Cigna’s.
Brent Johnson, senior new business manager of Cigna, said the company made sure most doctors were covered. If there are doctors not in the plan, Johnson said, the company will work with the county to get them in.