Human Resources reminds all benefits-eligible employees to log in and enroll for 2015 coverage
November 6, 2014
Open enrollment for 2015 benefits ends in just over a week, and Human Resources is encouraging all eligible employees to log in to EBenefits and enroll while there's still time.
"Review and weigh your options for next year," says Eva Nodine, benefits director in Human Resources. "It's important to think through what will be best for you and your family, and then be sure your 2015 choices are properly recorded."
Benefits enrollment for 2015 is open through 6 p.m. (ET) Nov. 14.
Eligible faculty and staff who do not log in to enroll will have their benefits affected in the following ways:
* They will have the same medical plan in 2015 as they've had for 2014. Those currently opted out of Purdue medical coverage will have no Purdue medical insurance in 2015.
The Affordable Care Act -- commonly known as Health Care Reform -- requires everyone to have appropriate insurance coverage or incur a penalty. When an employee opts out of Purdue coverage, the employee is certifying that he or she has coverage elsewhere that meets the Health Care Reform requirement.
* Employees who are in the Purdue Health Plan Plus HSA 1 or the Purdue Health Plan Plus HSA 2 will receive the appropriate University contribution to their HSA, but will not have any contributions of their own. However, they will be able to begin future HSA contributions of their own at any time during 2015 by making a change through EBenefits.
* Any family members the employee covers on his or her 2014 medical plan will continue to be covered in 2015, if the family members still meet eligibility rules.
* The employee and his or her spouse/same-sex domestic partner (SSDP) will be charged the $500 per person annual tobacco-user additional premium, if they're covered on a Purdue medical plan.
* The employee will have no contributions to a flexible spending account (including health care, dependent day care and limited purpose FSAs).
* Other 2014 benefits will roll forward to 2015.
Benefits information and enrollment assistance are available through www.purdue.edu/benefits/enroll.html, 49-42222, hr@purdue.edu and www.purdue.edu/HRHelp.
