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Buffalo News
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.