UA health plan changes and open enrollment information
April 3, 2011
Benefits open enrollment will be April 15 – May 16
To effectively participate in open enrollment and to make informed choices, employees
should be aware of changes in UA health plan deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums,
IRS revisions to flexible spending accounts and expanded preventive benefits. Detail
about changes are available at the UA Statewide benefits website.
During the open enrollment period, beginning April 15 and extending through May 16,
university employees will be asked to actively select the health plan in which they
and their dependents would like be enrolled. Any employee who does not make an active
election will be placed in the middle tier, or the 750 Plan, along with their currently
enrolled dependents. This means that those employees who are on either the current
Deluxe Plan or Economy Plan who do not submit a form will be moved to the new middle
plan, the 750 Plan. In the past, employees who did not change their elections were
automatically re-enrolled in their current plan. Due to the changes to the deductible
and out of pocket maximums in the plans this year, the Joint Health Care Committee
recommended that all employees be asked to make an active and informed decision regarding
their health care coverage and to be moved to the 750 Plan if they do not make an
active election. Those employees who are currently opted out of the UA health plans
will remain opted out if they do not make a different election.
More information is available in the current issue of the Statewide Voice.