UCOP Needs to Make the Call to Protect Survivor Health Insurance - Part 3 (UC-SB Joins)

Don't be afraid, UCOP. Make the call.

As we have noted in past postings,* UC retirement programs have a major - but easily corrected - problem of improper cancellations of survivor health care. The UCLA Emeriti Association board, in response, passed the following resolution:

The UCLA Emeriti Association Board requests that steps be immediately undertaken so that survivor health insurance is not improperly cancelled on the death of a UC retiree. Such cancellations of eligible survivors are contrary to the provisions of the UC retiree health plan. When they occur, health care is potentially disrupted, and major effort and expense are incurred in restoring the benefits that never should have been cancelled in the first place. Our understanding is that cancellations of UC survivor health insurance are repeatedly occurring but do not occur at other systems that provide comparable health care. The insurance carriers who do business with UC must be immediately instructed not to cancel survivor health insurance by UCOP.

Although those inquiring are likely to be given explanations about how complicated it is to correct this abuse of survivors, in fact what needs to happen is a phone call from UCOP to the various insurance carriers that (very happily) do business with UC telling them not to cancel survivor insurance.

We are happy to report that the UC-Santa Barbara Emeriti Association has also endorsed the UCLA resolution.

So, UCOP, get on the phone and make the call.

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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/06/ucop-needs-to-make-call-to-protect.html; http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/04/ucop-needs-to-make-call-to-protect.html. Be sure to listen to the audio recording at the second link if you haven't already done so.