Adding New Staff to UUA Health Plan
April 2, 2007
Q. My congregation enrolled in the new Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) health plan late last year. Now we'd like to add a staff member. Is that possible?Yes, says Jim Sargent, UUA health plan director. Enrollment in the health plan is open at any time for new hires, for newly added dependents, for people whose hours have increased so that they meet the 1,000 hours-per-year threshold, and for people who have lost coverage they had through a spouse.
Congregations enrolled in the new health plan, which became effective January 1, can email healthinsurance @ uua.org to find out about opportunities to add staff to the plan during the year and learn about new bill payment options that will be available in the second quarter of the year.
All congregations are eligible to take advantage of a “Section 125 Plan,” allowing employees to make all of their contributions to medical and dental plans pre-tax, says Sargent. The UUA website has templates for both the Section 125 Plan that a congregation can adopt and the employee election form, which allows the employee to make an irrevocable choice for the rest of 2007, with the option to renew that choice each calendar year.
Sargent says the plan will offer online payment options in coming months. Participants will be notified of it by mail. Watch UUA.org for the latest information on the health plan.
For more information contact interconnections @ uua.org.
Last updated on Thursday, August 9, 2007.
