Overview for Pre-Medicare Retirees

Eligibility

The Fund offers eligible Pre-Medicare Retirees subsidized coverage based on years of service.

Benefits

As a Pre-Medicare Retiree, you are eligible for the following benefits to support the overall health of you and your family:

Medical

Prescription Drug

Dental

(optional at an additional cost)

In addition, you receive the following benefits:

Hearing

Benefits include $2,000 once every five years for hearing aids or repairs (batteries are not included). Also, the Plan pays 80% of the cost of cochlear implants.

The Fund offers you two important programs, Amplifon Hearing Health Care and EPIC Hearing Healthcare, designed to help you save money on hearing aids. Choose from products from these leading manufacturers (* Amplifon only, ** EPIC only):

Lyric*
Miracle-Ear**
Phonak
Oticon
ReSound
Rexton**
Siemens
Sonic Innovations
Starkey
Unitron
Widex

Vision

Benefits include $500 every two years for exams, frames, lenses, and contact lenses. (The allowance is replenished on the first day of every even year.)

Death Benefit

In the event of your death, your beneficiary will receive $2,000.

Accidental Death Benefit

If your death occurs due to an accident, your beneficiary will receive $2,000. (This is the principal sum.) If the accident results in the loss of a limb, you will receive a percentage of the principal sum.

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