Retiree Health Benefits

Medi-Care Information

2024 VEBA – Sweetwater UHSD – Medicare 101

Information for all retirees

Retired Employees

Your Medical, Dental and Vision options are posted by bargaining unit, please find your bargaining unit below and click on it to view your options for the calendar year 2024. A calendar year runs from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.

Retired Board of Trustees

Retired Confidential Unit

Retired SCGA Counselors

Retired Management

Retired NAGE – Supervisors

Retired Office (OTBS)

Retired Operations (OSS)

Retired Paraprofessionals

Retired SEA Employees

Eligibility (Retiree):

To be eligible for medical benefits upon retirement, the unit member must have fifteen (15) years of service with the District. The service years do not need to be consecutive; however, there may be a break in service of no more than thirty-nine (39) months per separation. A full year of service is defined as the unit member having been in paid status for seventy-five percent (75%) or more of an assigned school year.

Dependent Eligibility

To be eligible for coverage, and remain on your plans, a dependent must be a spouse, registered same sex domestic partner, or child*. A birth certificate, marriage license or state-registered domestic partnership must be submitted at the initial enrollment of a child or spouse.

*Child Eligibility – Children can be covered up until the end of the month in which they turn 26.