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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>October 27, 2025<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Department Benefits Representatives (DBRs)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">2026 Open Enrollment Benefits Brochure - Premiums Availability</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv.
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</b><a href="mailto:benefits@ucr.edu"><b>benefits@ucr.edu</b></a><b>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Per a recent communication from UC Office of the President, the Open Enrollment booklets that contain the new benefit plan premiums have been mailed and should arrive at member homes starting
today, Monday, October 27, 2025. However, access to the benefit premiums and the UCnet Open Enrollment site will not be available until Wednesday, October 29, 2025</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Members should be sure to collect mail from their home mailboxes to find the Open Enrollment brochure that explains the new medical plans, premiums, benefit designs, copay, and co-insurance changes.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">If you have any questions, please email the Central HR Benefits Team at benefits@ucr.edu.</p>
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