West Virginia lawmakers create bill to abolish PEIA

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West Virginia lawmakers create bill to abolish PEIA

A bill has been introduced to abolish PEIA in West Virginia. House Bill 2623 says the purpose of this bill is to abolish the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act (PEIA) and to instead establish that health, dental, and vision insurance for public employees shall be provided by contract. Throughout the bill, everything in article 16, which is the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act, has language repealed. The bill says that begin…