By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH — County employees will have a new health care provider after the first of the year.
The Marshall County Commissioners elected to go with the Healy Group as their agent and Anthem as the health care provider for employees for the coming year. The move brings improved benefits for employees at a cost saving to the county.

Employees will be able to see any doctor they wish under the plan, but doctors in the network will simply bring increased benefits. Co-pay for employees goes from 80-20 to 90-10 under the plan, with charges for vision dropped as well as no deductible for prescriptions. The maximum coverage also moves from $1 million to $5 million for all employees and retirees of the county.
On the bottom line, the County will save around $87,000 by going with Healy and Anthem from their current plan.
Boston Mutual will continue to provide life insurance plans for Marshall County employees. This is an elective program with no out--of-pocket expense to the county.
The Crowe-Horvath firm (formerly Crowe-Chizek) will get county software up to speed to pass the state of Indiana’s certification test.
Indiana law mandates that the county have its tax software certified. The Auditor, Treasurer and Assessor offices will have software that helps them work together more seamlessly.
Working to ensure the system will pass will cost the county $7,200.
In other business:
• The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office will purchase five new squad cars from Oliver Ford in Plymouth.
Oliver was the only bidder for the vehicles with a total net bid, including trade in of $93,950.