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B-229187 1 (1988-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadndo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General ofthe United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Richard W. Teixeira - Waiver - Health Insurance Matter of- Premiums File: B-229187 Date: July 12, 1988 DIGEST An employee was overpaid when the correct amount was not deducted from his salary for health insurance premiums. Upon the employee's transfer to a new agency, the premiums for a less expensive health plan were deducted from his salary. The employee seeks waiver of his debt to the government under 5 U.S.C. § 5584 (1982). Waiver may be granted where the amount of the overpayment was small each pay period, the employee's salary fluctuated at the time of the error, and employee continued to be covered by and file claims under the same health insurance plan. DECISION This decision is in response to an appeal by Richard W. Teixeira, an employee of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, concerning the denial by our Claims Group of waiver of an overpayment of salary (Z-2877285, June 25, 1987). The overpayment was caused by the agency's failure to deduct the correct amount from Mr. Teixeira's salary for the health insurance. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that Mr. Teixeira's appeal may be granted and his indebtedness waived. BACKGROUND Mr. Teixeira enrolled in the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Plan on May 7, 1979, while employed by the United States Forest Service, and the correct deductions for his health insurance were made by the agency. However, when Mr. Teixeira transferred to the Bureau of Land Management on March 9, 1980, his enrollment was erroneously changed to Alliance, a less expensive health plan. Mr. Teixeira was overpaid a total of $691.08 between March 22, 1980, and January 7, 1984, when the error was discovered upon his change to a different health plan. The difference between the amounts deducted for health insurance when the error first occurred was $4.94.

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