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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>TO: All Employees<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From: Benefits Office<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>RE: 2008 Open Enrollment<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Please Post/Circulate<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Announcing UC Open Enrollment for 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>November 1–27, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Open Enrollment for UC health and welfare
benefits plans runs from November 1 to November 27, but you can begin <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>today</span></b> to think about and plan actions you may
want to take by visiting the At Your Service website</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (<a
href="http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/"
title="blocked::http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/">http://atyourservice.ucop.edu</a>)
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>and selecting the “Open
Enrollment 2008” icon. Also, watch for the general Open Enrollment
information booklet that you’ll soon receive in the mail at your home
address. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>There will be a number of significant
changes and improvements in UC’s health benefits program as a result of
the University’s work this year to ensure that faculty and staff continue
to have access to quality health benefits at competitive prices in 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>At the Open Enrollment website,
you’ll be able to review your current plan enrollments; read about plan
benefits, services, and changes for 2008; see what the medical plan rates for
2008 will be; and use some helpful planning tools. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please note that you will not be able to
begin the Open Enrollment process and make changes on the website <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>until 8:00 a.m. on November 1</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>and no later than midnight November 27 </span></b>(Pacific
Time). </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>UC Health and Welfare Benefits Plans in 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is an important Open Enrollment for
UC faculty and staff because the University has restructured medical plan
options for 2008 to help preserve meaningful choices and quality benefits while
limiting cost increases. In fact, there will be decreases in employee premiums
in some medical plans, and only slight premium increases in other plans –
a noteworthy accomplishment in this era of spiraling health care cost increases
when many employers are cutting benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>For next year, UC will consolidate the HMO
offerings, add a new medical plan, introduce a new wellness program, and
provide enhanced, standardized behavioral health benefits for most plans. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=pa0><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>As in the past, UC employee premiums are based
on salary bands to help pro­tect employees in the lower pay ranges and
those with children from the impact of premium increases. UC remains committed
to offering plan choices and high-quality health care– an important part
of your total compensation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Key
Changes for 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A new
no-cost, voluntary, confidential wellness program – featuring a personal
health assessment and gift certificate for completing the assessment –
will be available to employees and their covered family members in all medical
plans except Kaiser. Kaiser has its own integrated wellness program.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Standardized
and improved behavioral health benefits will be provided by United Behavioral
Health (UBH) and will be available for all employee medical plans.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>CIGNA Choice
Fund, a new medical plan that combines a health reimbursement account plus
preferred provider organization plan (HRA/PPO) that corresponds to the current
Definity Health plan at UCSB and UCSF, will be available at all locations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
High Option (non-Medicare), PacifiCare, and Select EPO plans will be
discontinued next year. Health Net and Kaiser will be UC’s systemwide HMO
plans. Employees enrolled in the plans that will not be offered next year </span></font><font
size=2 color="#221e1f" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#221E1F'>need to consider the plan options that will be available
to them and take appropriate enrollment action in November.</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Actions
You Can Take During Open Enrollment<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color=black
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color="#221e1f"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:#221E1F'>Change to a different medical plan<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2 color="#221e1f"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:#221E1F;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>This
document is available on the At Your Service website</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> (<a href="http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/"
title="blocked::http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/">http://atyourservice.ucop.edu</a>)
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>under “Current News.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2 color="#221e1f"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:#221E1F;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 color="#221e1f"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:#221E1F'>For questions please call the Benefits Office at X24766.</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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