San Mateo County
Published June 26, 2006
San Mateo County, Calif., just south of San Francisco,has about 700,000 residents. The county offices are in Redwood City It has about 5,500 employees, 4,867 of which are enrolled in county-sponsored health plans. 3,000 retirees, 1,750 of which are enrolled in the county's retiree health benefit plans. Provides health care coverage to more than 4,000 dependents of employees and retirees. The county offers three benefit plans for active workers and four for retirees:
- Kaiser Permanente health maintenance organization.
- Blue Shield of California point-of-service plan.
- Aetna Inc. HMO for actives; and these three plans, plus a Secure Horizons HMO for retirees.
The county's overall benefits budget is $55 million, vs. a total annual budget of $1.5 billion.
