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Town Supervisor Wallace C. Piotrowski said he had not received any invoices from the insurer since he took office in January. He said he had been trying to get the health care insurer to reinstate its January 2007 rates to save taxpayer money.

“I’m looking out for each of the residents,” Piotrowski said.

The ordeal continued through this month, and the amount owed piled up. Piotrowski said he continued to fight for the old rates.

John Berger Jr., CEO of CIC Benefits Group, had advised the town since April as an insurance broker on how to negotiate the developing problem. Berger was certain that monthly invoices had been sent from BlueCross, even if Piotrowski was not the one to receive them.

He [Berger] said that Piotrowski had signed off on new terms with the insurer in April, but was perplexed that payments still had not been made.
This is an amazing story. There are several things here which do not make sense.
1. Did WP really try and make any effort to renegotiate a roll back rate to a year and half ago? Or, is this his cover story. Any one from BC/BS want to cooberate the story?
2. If he was trying to renegotiate a rate since April, that means he has been sitting on it for May, June and half of July. Probably three months of sitting and negotiating.
3. If he signed off on the rate, why continue negotiating, or did he not understand what he signed off on? It is inconcievable that WP, who is also a lawyer not understand what he signed, or is it?