Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 19

TUCSON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1976 SECTION PAGE THREE THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR County Officials Considering Feasibility Of Self-Insurance Libertarians File Petitions To Join Ballot Our men's underwear. Famous for value at the regular price. Now 20 off. ed $25 million coverage for $450,000, is withdrawing from the field as of July 1. The Farmers Insurance Co.

has offered the county a policy for $1 million to cover its hospital and health department, and the state-backed firm, Mutual Insurance Co. of Arizona (MICA), has quoted about $450,000 for coverage, Meade said. This week, Meade and other county officials met with Jack E. Barnett, MICA manager, and with Jim King of Marsh-McLennan, a San Fran Pima County finance managers are considering a new self-insurance plan that could mean a savings in costs for malpractice coverage. Estimates have been as high as $1 million for coverage for next year.

This year the cost was $450,000. Under the self-insurance plan, the county would provide its own coverage up to $100,000, said William E. Meade, deputy finance manager. The county would bank the needed reserve of $100,000 or more for that coverage, and buy $15 million worth of excess coverage from the state's joint underwriting plan (JUP). The cost of the excess coverage has not been determined yet, but Meade said the total, including the county reserve, probably would be less than $450,000.

A similar self-insurance plan was adopted this week by Maricopa County. "We'd be assuming our own risks," Meade said. "But if our claims experience remains the same, we would be saving money." In the past four years, the county has paid only $141,300 altogether in malpractice claims, Meade said. The county's current carrier, the Home Insurance which this fiscal year provid-1 Radio Club Plans Emergency Test The Old Pueblo Radio Club will begin a 24-hour emergency communications demonstration Saturday morning at the J-6 Ranch near Benson. The field test is part of an annual nationwide operation sponsored by the American Radio Relay League and is done under actual field conditions using emergency power equipment.

The Tucson club has 20 members, ail amateurs. cisco firm that determines insurance risks, to consider alternatives. Meade said the county staff has narrowed the alternatives to either purchasing $100,000 PHOENIX (AP) Petitions bearing 9,913 signatures were filed by representatives of the Arizona Libertarian Party in the Maricopa County Recorder's Office yesterday seeking recognition as a new party. Recorder Tom Freestone said 11,045 valid signatures are needed before a new party can be placed on the ballot in Arizona. Mrs.

Helen Stevens, a Libertarian spokesman, said petitions would be filed in other counties this week, bringing the total to about 13,000 signatures. She said the party has had as many as 125 workers carrying petitions, and will have about 50 working between now and the July 9 cutoff date. She said Roger McBride, a Virginia attorney and the party's candidate for president, will visit Phoenix July 5 and 6 for several campaign appearances. The party's vice presidential candidate is David Ber-gland, a Los Angeles attorney. Two other parties have filed petitions with Freestone the Socialist Workers and the Communist Party of America.

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