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Horizons
new plan
cuts some
hospitals
Health insurer touts cost savings;
CentraState among those excluded

AFTER THE STORM

EROSION SHUTS
SOME BEACHES

MICHAEL L. DIAMOND @MDIAMONDAPP

TRENTON Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New


Jersey says its new health insurance plan is expected to
offer higher-quality, more affordable care, but executives on Monday took heat from lawmakers for leaving
some doctors and hospitals, including CentraState
Healthcare System in Freehold Township, on the outside looking in.
Members of a joint Senate committee said the states
biggest health insurer sprang its plan on the public
without explaining why some health care providers and
hospitals were included and others werent.
They werent even asked to the dance, said Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, at the hearing. Its not fair.
The hearing focused on OMNIA, a plan Horizon has
unveiled for 2016 that will include lower premiums, copays and deductibles for patients who use health providers who are part of the network it calls Tier One. It
will continue to offer policies for customers whose doctors and hospitals arent part of the network, but they
will be more expensive.
Newark-based Horizon is the states biggest health
insurance company, with 3.8 million customers. Its network would include 24,000 health care professionals
and 36 hospitals, including Barnabas Healths and Meridian Healths eight hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean
counties. CentraState was not included as one of the
See HORIZON, Page 7A
JASON TOWLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The sea wall built to safeguard Mantoloking and the barrier island side of Brick was exposed to a depth of about 15 feet.

Rt. 34 accident
kills head of
cancer society

Replenishment desperately needed to withstand


probable next round of noreasters, officials say
TODD B. BATES, JEAN MIKLE, AMANDA OGLESBY,
RUSS ZIMMER AND STEPH SOLIS

DAN RADEL @DANIELRADELAPP

TINTON FALLS A freak accident took the life of a


borough resident and head of New Jerseys chapter of
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on Saturday.
Stacey Weathers, 46, was driving a convertible during the noreaster when a 100-foot-tall tree fell through
the roof and killed her on Route 34 in Colts Neck.
It was a tragedy. The timing had to be perfect. She
had to be traveling at 50 mph at the exact time that tree
had to fall. When God says its your time to go, its your
time to go, said Colts Neck Police Chief Kevin A. Sauter.
Weathers was the executive director of the societys
New Jersey chapter, a nonprofit she worked for since
2004. Her immediate family members could not be
reached by a reporter, but her neighbors and colleagues
expressed grief at losing her.
Its very bizarre and surreal. It hasnt hit me yet. I
still expect to see her out in her driveway, said Michael
Calamari, 60, who lives directly across the street from
Weathers.
She was a great friend and always willing to help,

PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sarah Gibson and Matt Pupino of Beach Haven had to scale


a sand dune on the walkway to the Fifth Street Pavilion in
order to get to the beach to walk their dogs after the
noreaster shifted sands on Long Beach Island.

Nasty weather didnt just ruin your weekend, it


sacked Jersey Shore beaches and put some of them
off limits until spring.
Winds out of the northeast were regularly measured at 30 mph and raced past 50 mph at times, creating episodes of coastal flooding in some instances even before high tide struck.
For miles along the coast, the storm left behind
new cliffs of sand that last week were dunes and
beaches. Beaches in Mantoloking and Brick are now
closed because the drop-off in some spots is dangerous.
This was likely just the first taste of what could be
a destructive next few months for Jersey Shore
beaches. The Northeast Regional Climate Center is
calling for a high number of strong noreasters
more than 10 on the East Coast through April.
See BEACHES, Page 10A

View videos, photo galleries and other coverage of the storms


aftermath on your desktop or mobile device at

www.app.com

See ACCIDENT, Page 7A

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