It's time to make changes for 2020
During open enrollment, you can do the following:
- Enroll in or make changes to your medical, dental or vision.
- Enroll in or increase life insurance with evidence of insurability.
- Add or remove dependents from your coverage.
- Enroll in or re-enroll into flexible spending accounts using sc.gov.
What's new for 2020?
- Express Scripts’ Patient Assurance Program: Standard and Savings Plan members pay a $25 copay for a 30-day supply of insulin.
- Rates: No rate increase for State Health Plans in 2020. Premiums for dental plus and vision will decrease slightly.
- Adult well visits are a key part of preventive care. Learn more about adult well visits and when they are covered.
Tool Box
With several changes for 2020, you are encouraged to log in and review your benefit plan options. You may use the following tools to assist you with making your choices.
South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority’s (PEBA) website provides all the information you need to know about open enrollment.
This tip sheet lists your benefits options for 2020 [pdf].
The 2020 Insurance Summary [pdf] provides more detail about your benefits options, including eligibility, when you can enroll and premiums.
This presentation provides detailed information about the 2019 open enrollment [pdf].
The Medicare Handbook [pdf] is for all Medicare eligible employees.
This Benefits Advantage newsletter [pdf] includes important information for retirees, survivors, and COBRA and former spouse subscribers.
PEBA is required to provide these federally mandated notices [pdf].
Satisfied with your current coverage?
You do not need to do anything during open enrollment. However, you must re-enroll in flexible spending accounts each year.
Changing coverage?
Coverage changes may be made online using MyBenefits from October 1, 2019 until October 31, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. Deductions to your coverage will be effective January 1, 2020 and will be reflected in your December 15, 2019 paycheck. MoneyPlus changes will be reflected in your January 15, 2020 paycheck.
In order to make changes, you must register the first time you use MyBenefits. Learn how to register here.
Beneficiary or address changes?
If you wish to make open enrollment changes and also need to change your beneficiary or address, please make the beneficiary or address change prior to making your open enrollment changes.
If you do not wish to make open enrollment changes, but need to make a beneficiary or address change, please proceed to make the change online via the MyBenefits system.
Note: During open enrollment, we ask all employees to use MyBenefits online system to make open enrollment changes. We will only accept paper forms if the system doesn't allow the change. For example, a USC employee would like to make open enrollment changes; however, they are covered by another state employee. In this instance the USC employee must complete a paper Notice of Election [pdf] to make open enrollment changes.
Posted September 25, 2019