UCOP Needs to Make the Call to Protect Survivor Health Insurance - Part 5 (another endorsement)

Don't be afraid, UCOP. Pick up the phone!

We are happy to report that the Emeriti Association at UC-San Francisco has endorsed the UCLA Emeriti Association's resolution on improper cancellation of survivior health insurance. As previously reported, the UC-Santa Barbara Emeriti Association has also endorsed the resolution which we reproduce below:

"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."

As we have noted in past blog postings, these cancellations are completely unnecessary but have been a continuing problem. All it would take is for someone in authority is to pick up the phone, call the various insurance carriers that do business with UC, and tell them not to cancel survivor health insurance when they are informed of the death of UC emeriti or retirees. 

If you have not been following this issue, the past blog posts are at:

https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/06/ucop-needs-to-make-call-to-protect_30.html

https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/06/ucop-needs-to-make-call-to-protect_17.html

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 also to click on the audio-visual links found in those posts.

UCOP...Pick...Up...the...Phone!

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P.S.: At the upcoming July meetings of the Regents, there will be a special segment about the contributions of emeriti to UC. Improper cancellation of survivor health insurance is something the Regents would not likely approve of, if they knew about it. Just saying...