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Add a Medical or Dental Plan

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Overview

This job aid shows employees how to add a Medical or Dental Plan during a Life Event.

Background

You are completing a Life Event and you have the option to change your medical or dental plan. To start a Life Event, go to: Life Event Quick-start Guide.

You might have the opportunity to change your medical or dental plan option during a life event.

If you are currently enrolled in a Medical or Dental Flex Cash plan, you must waive that benefit before you can select a Medical or Dental plan.

Add a Medical plan

Step 1: On the Benefits Enrollment page, click the Medical tile to open enrollment options for that benefit.

Medical tile
  • The benefit enrollment page opens.

Step 2: (Optional) Review your options:

  1. Open the ESS Handbook Medical to see CSU Employee resources information on a separate browser tab. You can close this tab when you finish reading the information.
  2. Click the Information icon for a short overview of benefit costs.
  3. Click Overview of All Plans to open a cost breakdown of all plans for comparison.
Medical plan options

Step 3: Click the Select button select a medical plan. The Select button switches to a check mark.

Selecting a health plan

Add a Dental plan

Step 1: On the Benefits Enrollment page, click the Dental tile to open enrollment options for that benefit.

Dental tile
  • The benefit enrollment page opens.

Step 2: (Optional) Review your options:

  1. Open the ESS Handbook Dental to see CSU Employee resources information on a separate browser tab. You can close this tab when you finish reading the information.
  2. Click the Information icon for a short overview of benefit costs.
  3. Click Overview of All Plans to open a cost breakdown of all plans for comparison.
Dental plan options

Step 3: Click the Select button select a different medical plan. The Select button switches to a check mark.

Selecting a dental plan

What to do next

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