The recent changes to the health insurance plans at LANL were a primary topic of discussion at the January 28 UPTE LANL membership meeting. To follow up on the discussion, we are asking LANL employees to complete a brief survey as to their opinion of the new health insurance program.

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* 1. I have been a LANL employee:

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* 2. I have my health insurance coverage:

For each of the following statements, please indicate the response that most closely matches your opinion:

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* 3. LANS management took appropriate measures to ensure that employees were well informed as to the available choices and how the plan changes would affect them.

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* 4. When it comes to being well informed about the specific changes to the program, what my new plan options are, and how my costs (premium contribution, co-pays, deductibles, etc.) will be affected, I am:

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* 5. The new plan changes will benefit employees and their families at the expense of the company.

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* 6. The new plan changes are a win-win, and will benefit employees and their families, and the company too.

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* 7. The new plan changes will only benefit the company’s bottom line, at the expense of employees and their families.

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* 8. If the new plan results in significant increases in out-of-pocket costs (co-pays, deductibles, etc.), I, or someone I know, may postpone or do without some medical services (visits, prescriptions or treatments).

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* 9. How would you describe your co-workers general opinion of the new health insurance plan at LANL?

Survey responses are confidential as to individual respondents and the confidentiality of individual responses will be maintained. Aggregate results may be published or referenced in future UPTE publications.

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