Health Benefits

New and Noteworthy

Short-term disability plan

In-service UFT members have the protection of a short-term disability plan that can provide valuable income when personal illness renders them temporarily unable to work. (This benefit does not provide coverage for injuries-in-the-line-of-duty or no-fault claims, which provide their own set of benefits.)

Teachers and other pedagogues approved for this benefit would receive $350 a week up to a maximum of 52 weeks, while paraprofessionals and other groups in the same salary range would receive $250 per week up to a maximum of 52 weeks.

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Fund benefits update letter

As part of our annual process, the staff at the Welfare Fund reviews the benefits we offer to our over 300,000 members and covered dependents. During this review we try to find the correct balance in our copays and plan design as well as planning for the protection of our benefits into the future.

Over the past year, we began to focus on our prescription drug plan and our dental plans and their impact on our fiscal integrity. To that end, we want to share with you some necessary benefit changes that will become effective on Feb. 1, 2012.

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