Making decisions about your insurance and retirement benefits can sometimes be complicated and difficult. The Navigating Your Benefits series provides common-language explanations and can help you find your way in the world of your insurance and retirement benefits.
Insurance flyers
General information
- Your 2022 Benefits Options
- Locating Enrollment Documentation You Might Need
- Resources for Insurance Information
- You're Covered with Membership ID Cards
Health insurance
- How the State Health Plan Measures Up
- The State Health Plan: a Self-funded Plan
- Comparing the 2022 Standard Plan and Savings Plan
- Traditional Medicare and the Medicare Supplemental Plan
- Get Behavioral Health Care When You Need It
- What You Need to Know About Balance Billing
Prescription benefits
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
MoneyPlus
- Save in Taxes with the Pretax Group Insurance Premium Feature
- Your 2022 Medical Spending Account at a Glance
- Your 2022 Dependent Care Spending Account at a Glance
Health Savings Account
MyBenefits
- Setting Up a New MyBenefits Account
- Insurance Enrollment Guide for New Hires
- Designating Active Member Beneficiaries
Retiree insurance
- Retiree Insurance Eligibility, Funding (for members who work for a state agency, public higher education institution, public school district or charter school that participates in both insurance and retirement)
- Retiree Insurance Eligibility, Funding (for members who work for optional employers or charter school that participate in insurance only)
- Paying Retiree Group Insurance Premiums
- How Returning to Work Will Impact Your Insurance Benefits
Retirement flyers
Summaries
- SCRS at a Glance - Class Two
- SCRS at a Glance - Class Three
- PORS at a Glance - Class Two
- PORS at a Glance - Class Three
- State ORP at a Glance
- SCNG Plan at a Glance
Monthly benefits
- Your Retirement Plan Payment Options
- Your Monthly Retirement Benefit and Taxes
- How Returning to Work Will Impact Your Benefits
- How the Earnings Limitation Works
- Economic Impact of Retirement Benefits
Pension reform
Member Access
- Setting Up a New Member Access Account
- Manage Your Retirement Account with Member Access
- Using Member Access in Retirement
- Retirement Enrollment Guide for New Hires
- Designating Active Member Beneficiaries
Leaving covered employment
Deferred Compensation
Videos
Insurance
- What Insurance Do You Have?
- Where to Find Insurance Information
- Comparing the Standard and Savings Plans
- When Does a Prescription Need a Coverage Review?
- Comparing Dental Plus and Basic Dental
- Whose Money is it Anyway?
- A Health Savings Account Goes Hand in Hand with Your Savings Plan
- Medicare Supplemental Plan at a Glance
- How Returning to Work Will Impact Your Insurance Benefits
Retirement
- It's Your Choice: SCRS or State ORP
- SCRS at a Glance
- PORS at a Glance
- State ORP at a Glance
- Calculating Your Average Final Compensation
- Choosing Your Retirement Plan Payment Option
- Leaving Covered Employment Before Retirement
- The Impact of Returning to Covered Employment
Online portals
MyBenefits
- Setting up a New MyBenefits Account
- How to Update Your Contact Information in MyBenefits
- Submitting a Change During a Special Eligibility Situation in MyBenefits
- Uploading Supporting Documents in MyBenefits
Member Access
- How to Register for Member Access
- Your SCRS or PORS Beneficiaries
- Your State ORP Beneficiaries
- How to Designate Your Retirement Beneficiaries
- How to Create a Benefit Estimate
- Understanding Your Benefit Estimate
- When Should You Apply for Service Retirement?
- What You Need to Apply for Retirement
- How to Apply for Retirement
- Applying for a Refund of Your Retirement Contributions
- How to Apply for a Refund of Your Retirement Contributions