Open enrollment is still about three weeks away, but UC Office of the President has already posted information — including medical plan premiums — to help you start considering your options for 2014.
It is a year of major change. UC is dropping four medical plans and adding two. Anthem Blue Cross PPO and PLUS, Anthem Lumenos with HRA and Health Net Full HMO are being discontinued. Kaiser Permanente, Health Net Blue and Gold, Western Health Advantage and Core (administered by Blue Shield) will still be available.
UC is offering two new plans: Blue Shield Health Savings Plan, which features a UC-funded health savings account; and UC Care, UC's own PPO plan that offers members access to UC doctors and hospitals.
Read about all medical plans for 2014 at http://www.atyourservice.ucop.edu/oe/medical.
Town Hall meetings are being scheduled at all the campuses. Find the closest one to you at http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/oe/events.html. Two meetings are scheduled at UC Davis, one on the Davis campus and the other on the Sacramento campus. The Sacramento meeting will be streamed live on the Web, for anyone to watch. The Web link is below.
- Davis campus — noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, Ballrooms A and B, Activities and Recreation Center.
- Sacramento campus — 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, auditorium, Cancer Center, 2279 45th St. (enter from 45th Street off X Street). Webcast link. Please note that ANR employees may participate in this webcast by clicking the webcast link in this bullet.
In addition to the campus town halls, ANR will soon announce its own webinar.
Open enrollment brochures are due to go in the mail in mid-October, and open enrollment is scheduled from Oct. 28 to Nov. 26 (two days before Thanksgiving).
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