HEALTH CARE BENEFITS

Benefits for Retirees

Health Care - Retirees 65 and older

The East Ohio Conference has contracted with United Health Care (UHC) to provide a Group Medicare Advantage Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plan for health and prescription drug coverage. The plan is available to qualifying conference retirees and their spouses who are Medicare eligible, no longer working, and enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B.

The UnitedHealthcare® Group Medicare Advantage PPO plan is a Medicare Advantage plan that delivers all the benefits of Original Medicare (Parts A and B), includes prescription drug coverage (Part D) and offers additional benefits and features. It is not a supplement plan and does not pay secondary to Medicare. All claims are submitted directly to UnitedHealthcare for payment, not Medicare.  Other plan highlights include:

• NurseLineSM – You’re never alone. Registered nurses answer your call 24 hours a day.
• Rewards for completing screenings and preventive care such as getting your annual wellness visit
• Stretch, lift or jog your way to better health with SilverSneakers® classes at hundreds of gym locations.
• Nearly all of the drugs covered by Medicare Part D
• More than 65,000 pharmacies in the network including national and regional retail chains as well as independent neighborhood pharmacies.
• UHC Customer Service at 1 (877) 714-0178 is available from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. local time, Monday - Friday.
• Learn more online at www.UHCRetiree.com.
• UHC Plan Guide 2027
• UHC Rx Plan Guide 2027

If you have a question regarding eligibility and the enrollment process, please send an e-mail to Benefits Director Robin Whitacre.

View the November 4, 2026 presentation from United HealthCare regarding 2027 benefits below: