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Annual Selection Period for Retirees and Long-Term Disability Recipients

The Annual Selection Period for retirees and Long-Term Disability recipients will run from Monday, October 25 to Friday, November 12, 2021. This annual event allows participants to review their current benefits and make changes for the upcoming calendar year. All changes will take effect on January 1, 2022. If you do not make changes, your current elections will roll over to the next year. 

While there will be a slight increase in rates, a $4,000 hearing aid benefit is being added to all medical plans. Additionally, a new voluntary comprehensive vision care plan from VSP will be available to participants. 

Personalized enrollment packets will be mailed to each participant’s home shortly. You’ll receive a 2022 Annual Selection Guide, which includes details about what’s new for 2022, current enrollment information and costs, medical plan comparison charts, and more. Visit the Human Resources website at www.hr.upenn.edu/retirees for complete details.

Pandemic health and safety precautions prevent Penn from holding on-campus information sessions and benefits fairs as we have done in prior years. We encourage you to visit www.hr.upenn.edu/retirees for additional Retiree Annual Selection information.

How to Enroll or Make Changes to Your Benefits

There are two ways to enroll or make changes to your benefits for the 2022 Annual Selection period. You can call the University of Pennsylvania Benefits Solution Center at Health Advocate at (866) 799-2329, or use the Workday@Penn enrollment system and complete the following steps online: 

  1. With your PennKey and password log in to Workday at www.myworkday.com/upenn/login.html.
  2. From your home page, select the Inbox icon in the upper right corner or click “Go to Inbox.”
  3. Select “Open Enrollment — Event” in your inbox.
  4. Click “Let’s Get Started.” Select “Manage” under each benefit offering, then click “Select” or “Waive” next to the corresponding benefit plan (your current coverage will be displayed for each benefits election). Click confirm and continue and save after each election. 
  5. When you have completed all of your elections, click “Review and Sign and then Submit.”

All elections or changes must be made by Friday, November 12, 2021 at 5 p.m. ET. 

If you have questions about this year’s Annual Selection Period, please contact the University of Pennsylvania Benefits Solution Center at Health Advocate at (866) 799-2329, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. -10 p.m., ET. 

—Division of Human Resources

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