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    • Comparing dental plus and basic dental 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2021-08-12)
      State employees have two options for dental coverage. Dental Plus pays more and has higher premiums and lower out-of- pocket costs. Basic Dental pays less and has lower premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs. Changes ...

    • Comparing dental plus and basic dental 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
      State employees have two options for dental coverage. Dental Plus pays more and has higher premiums and lower out-of- pocket costs. Basic Dental pays less and has lower premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs. Changes to ...

    • Comparing the 2021 standard plan and savings plan 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2020-10-26)
      The State Health Plan gives you two options to cover your expenses: the Standard Plan or the Savings Plan. The Standard Plan has higher premiums and lower deductibles. The Savings Plan has lower premiums and higher deductibles.

    • Comparing the 2022 standard plan and savings plan 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2021-08-12)
      The State Health Plan gives you two options to cover your expenses: the Standard Plan and the Savings Plan. The Standard Plan has higher premiums and lower deductibles. The Savings Plan has lower premiums and higher ...

    • Comparing the 2023 standard plan and savings plan 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-09-09)
      The State Health Plan gives you two options to cover your expenses: the Standard Plan or the Savings Plan. The Standard Plan has higher premiums and lower deductibles. The Savings Plan has lower premiums and higher deductibles.

    • Generics : the store brand of prescription drugs 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
      Many brand-name prescription drugs have a lower-cost, just-as-effective generic alternative. This means you can often pay less for the medication you need.

    • How returning to work will impact your insurance benefits 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2021-12-16)
      After you retire, you may choose to return to work for a participating employer. If you are in an insurance-eligible job, and you, your spouse or your children are covered under PEBA’s retiree group insurance, you must ...

    • How the earnings limitation works 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-20)
      To retire from the South Carolina Retirement System or Police Officers Retirement System, you must have a complete, bona fide severance of employment.

    • How the earnings limitation works 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-02)
      To retire from the South Carolina Retirement System or Police Officers Retirement System, you must have a complete, bona fide severance of employment.

    • How the state health plan measures up 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2021-11-20)
      PEBA regularly benchmarks the State Health Plan against other public and private sector insurance plans. In these charts the State Health Plan compares favorably in cost while maintaining value.

    • How the state health plan measures up 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
      The State Health Plan is a self-funded insurance plan. That means employees’ and employers’ premiums are held in a trust fund, which pays for claims. PEBA regularly benchmarks the State Health Plan against other public ...

    • Insurance enrollment guide for new hires 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
      Making informed enrollment decisions about your insurance benefits in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, there are valuable benefit options, and you have important decisions to make.

    • Insurance enrollment guide for new hires 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2021-11-20)
      Making informed enrollment decisions about your insurance benefits in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, there are valuable benefit options, and you have important decisions to make.

    • Locating enrollment documentation you might need 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-02-20)
      This is a list of acceptable documentation to prove the relationship of dependents you are adding to insurance coverage.

    • Locating enrollment documentation you might need 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)
      This is a list of acceptable documentation to prove the relationship of dependents you are adding to insurance coverage.

    • Paying retiree group insurance premiums 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)
      As a new retiree who meets the eligibility requirements for retiree group insurance, the type of employer from which you retired determines how you pay your premiums in retirement.

    • Prescription coverage reviews 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)
      Sometimes a prescription isn’t enough to determine if the State Health Plan will provide benefits. Express Scripts, the Plan’s pharmacy benefits manager, might need more information to determine coverage. Coverage reviews ...

    • Retiree insurance eligibility, funding 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2021-11-20)
      Eligibility for retiree group insurance is not the same as eligibility for retirement. Determining retiree insurance eligibility is complicated, and only PEBA can make that determination. It is very important to contact ...

    • Retiree insurance eligibility, funding 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-11)
      Eligibility for retiree group insurance is not the same as eligibility for retirement. Determining retiree insurance eligibility is complicated, and only PEBA can make that determination. It is very important to contact ...

    • Retirement enrollment guide for new hires 

      South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-03)
      Making informed enrollment decisions about your retirement plan in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, you have an important decision to make. Before making your retirement plan election you should ...