NEWSPAPER/COMPANY BENEFITS OFFERED/CO-PAYS

By: NEWSPAPER/COMPANY BENEFITS OFFERED/CO-PAYS

Alameda NewspapersAFLAC, Delta Dental and EAP coverage

Belo Corp.HMO, PPO, POS and Consumer Driven Plans, dental, vision and mental health coverage.

The (Baltimore) SunUnion employees now pay 25% of the cost of medical, dental, and prescrip-tion drug plans. Company cannot increase employee share by more than four percentage points in any year.

The Denver PostUnion employees pay 20% of HMO Kaiser or Pacific Care health plans. Dental coverage offered by DeltaCare or Delta of Colorado.

(Denver) Rocky Union employee share of plan cost is capped at 14% per single Mountain Newscoverage and 17% for family coverage. Premiums may be increased by two percentage points per year to a maximum of 20% of the total premium for health insurance coverage.

The Detroit News Co-pays range from $15 to $70 depending on employee salary. and Free PressCosts for prescription drugs: $10 generic, $15 brand name, $30 non-formulary.

E.W. Scripps Co.*HMO, PPO, dental, vision, mental health. Depending on plan, company covers 80%.

Knight Ridder *United Health Care, dental, vision and mental health. Depending on plan, company covers on average 80%.

MediaNews Group *HMO, PPO. Depending on plan, company covers 70-75% of costs. $15-$20 co-pays; for generic drug co-pay, $5-$15.

The New York TimesThe Benefits fund is self-insured and is jointly sponsored by the Times and Newspaper Guild local. Options include HMO, PPO ($5 co-pay for members), discounted prescription drug plan, dental, vision and mental health. No cost to members for single coverage.

The ProvidenceUnited Health Care HMO, PPO and CIGNA POS, Lumenos HealthCare CDH. JournalCompany pays 85% of the premium cost of medical and dental coverage for union employees.

PulitzerHMO, PPO, dental, vision, mental health benefits. Company says employee Newspapers Inc.* contribution is ""below industry norms.""

The Sacramento BeeKaiser Blue Shield. Depending on plan, union employee cost of coverage ranges from $246.44 per month for a single employee to $985.82 for those with dependents.