• Living between the lines
• Working Solutions Financial Information
• Early Look: HCSA
• New plan year notes
• Dental Highlights
• Vision Highlights
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Orthodontic Transition
• EyeMed Customer Service Information
• Did you know? Diabetes and oral health
• Where to find us
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April 2006
• Enrollment deadline
• How to save money July 1
• We did it for you!
• Orthodontic transitions for adults and children
• Verifying dependent eligibility
• Don't wait for EOI
• Where to find us
March 2006
• Eye on open enrollment
• See more clearly
• Vision health for children
• Using VSP's website
• Lenscrafters added for Cole members
• Top 4 errors members make regarding supplemental life insurance
• One-year anniversary reminder
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December 2005
• The survey says…
• Dental help a call away
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• Eye on open enrollment
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• Expansion of Cole plan
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• $40,000 dependent life insurance option
• Open enrollment opportunities
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• The gift of time — Working Solutions
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• Plan ahead — Portability
Newsletter Update
HPRS link for OSTA members and STRS link for SCOPE/OEA members looking for death benefit information. (The December 2005 Trust Talk contained only PERS information.)
August 2005
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Take charge of your benefits
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• Where’s my ID card?
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• Learn about out-of-network
benefits
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• Read your dental EOBs
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• Consider a HCSA
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• Who’s your beneficiary?
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• Supplemental life deductions
• Benefits changed July 1
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- • Dental "Did you know?"
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• Fluoride
• Request a visit
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• Where to find us
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• New look, same benefits
February 2005
• Open enrollment 2005
• Additions to vision coverage
- • Finding benefits information
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- • Finding you
- • Women’s oral health
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- • Dental "Did you know?"
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• Exams and Cleanings
• Caregiving: A Delicate Balance
November
2004
• New plan booklets
• Thinking about open enrollment
- • Additions to your coverage
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• VSP polycarbonate lenses for children
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• Hyatt legal plan enhancements
- • About the Trust
- • Paying for the holidays at 21% interest
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• Working Solutions
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• Dental "Did you know?"
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• Exam frequency
• Endodontist network
August 2004
• Free offer from Working Solutions on protecting your biggest investment: your house
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- • Web updates
- • Endodontic network update
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- • Dental "Did you know?"
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• Sealants
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• Faster cash for your family: declaring a beneficiary
April 2004 - No issue printed
• Open enrollment 2004
• Finding benefits information
- • Phone system/IVR
• Website
- • Legal plan Q&A
• Puppy love?
• Working Solutions
• Pet Care Articles
November 2003
• Communications Corner
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• Legal Plan Confirmation
• Spring Open Enrollment
• New Claim Addresses
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• About the Trust
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• How the Trust is Funded
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• Dental News
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• Network Expansion
• Dental and Oral Health for Children
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• Working Solutions — Surf's Up!
- • Download
Working Solutions' Surfing Offer
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August
2003 — Our Legal Service Plan Special Edition
• A new benefit from the Trust
• About Hyatt
• What the plan covers
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• Full coverage
• Office consultation or phone advice
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• Exclusions
• How to obtain service
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• Call Hyatt
• Visit Hyatt's website
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• How to enroll
• Hyatt enrollment form
April 2003
• What's new this year — supplemental life improvements!
• Your benefits
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• For ALL Trust members
• For
members with a year or more of continuous service
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• A word about the web
• Open Enrollment 2003
• Trust fair schedule
• What comes next?
February 2003
• New twist to a current benefit — Portable life insurance
• Open Enrollment 2003
• Summer programs for kids
• Layoff Concerns
November 2002
• Don’t let the State gamble with your benefits
• Taking a good look at your
benefits
• Crunching the numbers
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• Communications corner
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• Open enrollment
• Web updates
• Working Solutions
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• Web updates
• Tips for getting the most of your vision coverage
• CYA — Cover your assets
with life insurance
August 2002
• Free information on family issues
• Keeping the Trust
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• Prudential customer service
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• Change in call center hours
• Life insurance mailing
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• Web updates
• Sharing the benefits dollar
• Answers to fair questions
• Dental
quiz: Are you at risk for tooth decay?
Postcard to request several free informational packets on addictions: smoking, adults (alcohol, drugs, gambling) and kids (eating, drugs, alcohol) from Working Solutions. Mail the postcard to Working Solutions, 7632 SW Durham Road, Ste. 300, Portland, Oregon 97224.
For faster service, call Working Solutions to request the packet at 800-358-8515.
April 2002
• Open Enrollment 2002
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• Your Benefits:
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• For ALL Trust Members
• For Members with a Year or More of Service
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• Trust Fair Schedule
• Web Links
• Dependent Affidavits
• Forms/Deadlines
March 2002
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• Open Enrollment 2002:
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• Benefits Fairs
• Some Key Points
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• Trust Primer: Why the Trust Was Started
• Annual Address Campaign
• Finding Benefits Information
• Endodontists
• Working Solutions Service
Postcard to request free "Strategies for Financial Security" packet from Working Solutions Service. Mail the postcard "order form" to Working Solutions, 7632 SW Durham Road, Ste. 300, Portland, Oregon 97224. Or simply
call Working Solutions to request the packet at 800-358-8515.
November 2001
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• Communications corner
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• Help with relationships, stress and tragedy
• Life insurance booklet-certificates
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• What happens to benefits
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• Following layoff
• During active military service
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• Web update
• Dental news
August 2001
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• Working Solutions Service
• Phone Changes (New TTY/IVR Update) -
• New Phone Chart
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• Dental Quiz — Are you at risk for periodontal disease?
• Life Insurance
April 2001
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• Your Benefits
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• For All Trust Members
• For Members with a Year or More of Service
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• Trust Fair Schedule
• Web Links
• Affidavits
• Forms/Deadlines
February 2001
• Plan Enhancements
• Working Solutions Service
• Open Enrollment 2001
• Annual Address Campaign
• Finding Benefits Information
December 2000
• Working Solutions Service
• Benefits Survey Results
• Addressing Your Concerns
• 2001 Open Enrollment
• Booklets
• Trust Contact Information
September 2000
• Working Solutions
• Special Mailing
• Online Survey
• New Trust Contact Information
• Plan Information Booklets
April 2000
• Open Enrollment Dates
• Your Benefits
• Fair Schedule
• Web Links
• Affidavits
• Forms and Deadlines
March 2000
• Open Enrollment 2000
• Wired Enrollment Information
• Trust Customer Service
• Don't Forget
• Plan Changes
• Annual Address Campaign
December 1999
• Keeping the Trust
• Laser Vision Surgery Discounts — More Information Coming Soon
• Open Enrollment 2000
• New Phone System Up — Trust Customer Service
• Web Updates
August 1999
• Sorting through paperwork
• Phone system
• Reaching the Trust
• In your mail
• Trust appearances
May 1999
• 1999 Open Enrollment
• Weblink
• Forms and Deadlines
• Call the Trust
March 1999
• 1999 Open Enrollment
• New, Improved Phone System
• ATTN: DMO Members
• Where Are You?
• Don't Forget
December 1998
• Welcome to our Web
• Working Solutions
• Open Enrollment '99
• Life Insurance Update
August 1998
• 1998 Enrollment Round-Up
• Information Alert
• 1199/SEIU Assembly
• Working Solutions: Taking a Health Snapshot
• Survey Says
May 1998
• Open Enrollment Decisions
• Trust Fair Schedule
• Disability Gap Coming Soon
• Survey Update
• Looking Ahead: 1998 Plan Year and Beyond
No issues from 1997 are available.
The following issues are in .pdf format.
• March '98
• Fall '96
• Summer '96
• Spring '96
