Open Enrollment starts, new videos help explain UC benefits

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Do you know the difference between an HMO and a PPO? Do the terms copay, coinsurance and deductible confuse you? Are you looking for ways to keep your medical costs in line?

If so, take a look at four new videos UC Human Resources is offering to help you make the most of your medical benefits.

Medical benefits are complex, and these new short videos will help you make the most of your medical benefits by explaining terms and concepts, showing you how to use your benefits wisely, and more.

HR is launching four videos during Open Enrollment:

A comparison of UC's six medical plans
An explanation of medical terms and concepts
Some advice on how to make the most of your medical benefits
An explanation of disability benefits

The medical plan comparison video is also available in Spanish.

Each video is six to eight minutes long and can be viewed online and on mobile devices. You can view the videos at https://uc.a.guidespark.com.

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 3:40 PM

Comments: 8

Author: Pamela Kan-Rice

Tags: benefits (9), Open Enrollment (16), personnel (13)

Comments:

what health ins, plans are available

Posted by michael j. moreno on November 10, 2014 at 9:24 AM

Go to http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/oe/medical/index.html and hover your cursor over "Medical Plans" at the top of the page. It will show a drop down list of the plans.

Reply by Pamela Kan-Rice on November 10, 2014 at 1:39 PM

I want to know my benefits for UC retirees, Kaiser north, Senior Advantage

Posted by martha duncan on November 11, 2014 at 3:11 PM

I would like possibly to change my health insurance benefits and have begun to research the plans available to me as a retiree from a clerical staff position at UCSF in 2000. I can see that I will most likely want to speak or correspond with a retirement program staff member concerning my options. I live in Grass Valley. Can you tell me how I can best have a face-to-face or phone conversation with a staff member to guide me in my decisions? Thank you

Posted by Sherrill C. Brooks on November 11, 2014 at 8:42 PM

You can call the UC Retirement Administration Service Center at 800-888-8267.

Reply by Pamela Kan-Rice on November 12, 2014 at 9:27 AM

You can call the Retirement Administration Service Center at 800-888-8267 for more information.

Reply by Pamela Kan-Rice on November 12, 2014 at 9:28 AM

Te Videos are not available at all. It just says there are diagnostic problems which is not helpful.

Posted by Rosa Estremera on November 15, 2014 at 7:35 PM

Hi Rosa, Maybe the site has been fixed. I just tried the videos on Chrome, Firefox and Safari and they all played.

Reply by Pamela Kan-Rice on November 15, 2014 at 8:39 PM

Open Enrollment starts, new videos help explain UC benefits

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