Open Enrollment For Health Insurance
UnitedHealthcare will again be offered to employees
and retirees this year. The open enrollment period for active
employees will be held between May 5 and May 23.
UnitedHealthcare will again offer a High Option
and a Low Option with out-of-network benefits. Employees do not
have to complete an enrollment form if they are not making any
changes. However, a change form must be completed if you are adding
dependents, dropping dependents, transferring from High to Low
Option or Low to High Option.
Meetings to explain the plans are scheduled at
10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 Tuesday, May 6
There will be no increase in premiums for the
plan year 2008/2009. However, there is no guarantee this will
remain the same for the next plan year.
Following are several changes that were made
in order to retain this pricing:
- High Option – annual deductible will increase
from $200 to $300 for individual and from $400 to $500 for family.
- Low Option - co-pay for routine office visits will increase
from $15 to $20 and specialists visits from $20 to $40.
- Co-pay for Urgent Care will be $50 for both the High and Low
Option.
All other benefits will remain the same.
St. Louis ConnectCare, located at 5535 Delmar
Boulevard, is an approved Urgent Care Center. You may want to
consider using an Urgent Care Center instead of the Emergency
Room. The co-pay for the Emergency Room is $150 and the co-pay
for the Urgent Care Center is $50.
All forms must be returned to the Department
of Personnel, Employee Benefits, 1114 Market, Suite 900, no later
than 5 p.m., Friday, May 23. Coverage is effective June 22, and
the first payroll deduction will begin July 11. Following are
the bi-weekly premiums for High Option, Low Option
| |
High Option |
Low Option |
| Employee Only |
$ 32.80 |
$ 0.00 |
Employee and
Spouse |
$193.59 |
$108.91 |
Employee and
Child(ren) |
$141.90 |
$ 69.35 |
Employee and
Family |
$348.54 |
$227.56 |
