FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M01152R000100050015-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: June 6, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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OLL 85-1674
6 June 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
VIA: Chief, Liaison Division, OLL
FROM:
Liaison Division, OLL
SUBJECT: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
1. The statements for the record from the 9 May 1985
hearing on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are
attached. The intent of the hearing, chaired by Mary Rose
Oakar, House Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee
Benefits, was to build a case for strengthening the Program
and increasing the benefits.
2. Specifically, the pro-Federal Employee bloc in the
House is supporting the following:
Increase government contribution;
Mandate minimum coverage for dental care, mental
health care, alcoholism and substance abuse
treatment and rehabilitation, and hospice care;
- Limit Office of Personnel Management authority;
- Mandate an annual open season.
These initiatives are contained in H.R. 156, attached hereto.
3. House staffers are enthusiastic over the prospect
for enactment of this legislation by the 99th Congress.
Other observers of Civil Service legislation, including the
major insurance companies and employee groups, are far less
enthusiastic. They predict, as do staffers on the Senate
side, that we will see a stalemate between House Democrats
who want to increase the benefits for and lower the cost to
Federal employees, and the Administration and Senate and
House Republicans who want to reduce the cost of the Program
to the Federal government. To that end, OPM again is
planning to push for a voucher proaz am.
Attachment:
as stated
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