Guam - It's been well over a month since the Government of Guam received $8,000,000+ in rebates from Calvo's Selectcare. And while only $2,200,000 of that total will be going to GovGuam employees, some have questioned what's taking so long.
"These rebates are not prizes that were given to our people, we didn't get them as a windfall, our people overpaid the health insurance premiums and rightly so they want to get whatever overpayment they made back," said Committee on Health chair Senator Dennis Rodriguez, Jr. has written to Department of Administration director Benita Manglona inquiring on the status of its efforts to distribute rebates due to GovGuam employees under the Government Health Insurance Plan.
"So we want to find out what methodology the government is using to base the calculations and then also when can people expect to receive their checks," he added.
In response, Manglona says she expects the rebates out sometime this month - well ahead of the 90-day timespan from August 1 provided to the government. She tells KUAM News that DOA has been working diligently since July, adding there's been a lot of back and forth communication between DOA, departments and insurance commissioners and Selectcare as certain circumstances and issues have arisen. In fact, she says today, DOA will be finalizing its calculations and forwarding it to the insurance commissioner for final approval. Depending on how long they respond and review the calculations will determine the exact distribution date.
In the past month, Manglona had attributed the delay with ensuring that DOA is complying with federal law and determining who exactly is entitled to a rebate.
Rodriguez meanwhile says with the money in hand and the time it's taking DOA to distribute the checks some have questioned whether the money is being used for other purposes. "And what they're concerned about and don't want to happen is that the Government of Guam using those proceeds to float the government. I'm sure that's not happening but that's a concern that people have brought up," he said.
Manglona has stated that since receiving the rebates on July 27, the money was put into a separate bank account keeping the funds intact.
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