PWGA Pension & Health Plans

You may have already signed up to receive the Health Plan SPD electronically. Now, the Pension Plan SPD is available electronically as well. By opting in for electronic delivery, you will ensure you receive the most capable, most up to date document, and you’ll help the environment. Please click this link to opt-in for electronic delivery of the Pension Plan SPD. http://bit.ly/pwgamgmtsubs

The Health Summary Plan Description (SPD) is now online! https://wgaplans.org/healthspd Writers Guild of America West Writers Guild of America, East

TIHN Changes If you use the UCLA Entertainment Industry Medical Group (EIMG) facility in Woodland Hills (The Jack Skirball Health Center), it has transitioned their evening, Sunday and holidays services to the Toluca Lake Health Center in Burbank beginning July 1, 2018. For more info: https://wgaplans.org/tihn-changes/

You Can Help The PWGA Save $160,000 With One Click! An electronic version of the Summary Plan Description (SPD) will be available soon. Sign up now and we can reduce our projected $160,000 mailing and printing costs. Not only do you help the Health Plan save money, but you get to use features like better navigation controls, informational links, and searchable terms. And if you don’t like the electronic version, you can always request a paper version or print one from our website. Go electronic, you won’t be sorry. http://bit.ly/gopprls

THE 2018 HEALTH SPD WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE A new Summary Plan Description (SPD) is going to be available shortly. For the first time, we are going to have an interactive electronic version that will have easier information accessibility than is available on paper and if you use the electronic version you don’t have to wade through the doorstop of a document that is the traditional paper SPD. If you would like to receive the electronic version, you can help the environment... and have access to the most powerful version of the SPD available. Click to sign up for the electronic version of the SPD here: http://bit.ly/gopprls To learn more about both SPDs, click here: http://bit.ly/pwgaspd

Attention Business Managers: Just So You Know February 2018... Here is the next edition in a series of instructional articles to help you better service your clients. Just click on the link below and you will find important information pertaining to: Options & Purchases Life Events 2018 Health Plan Changes That Affect Your Clients View the Latest "Just So You Know" Article Here: https://www.wgaplans.org/just-so-you-know-february-2018/

Go Paperless By signing up to receive EOBs and pension statements electronically you can help the environment, assist the health plan in cutting costs, and get vital documents more quickly. Join the thousands that have already signed up. Make a difference Sign up HERE: http://bit.ly/gopprls

Attention Business Managers: The link below marks the next in a series of instructional articles to help you better service your clients. http://pwga.org/just-so-you-know-january-2018/ Writers Guild of America, West Writers Guild of America, East

Attention Business Managers: The link below marks the first in a series of instructional articles to help you better service your clients. Just click on the link below and you will find three of the most common problems managers run into as well as our recommendation for how to resolve the respective issues. View the latest "Just So You Know" article here: http://pwga.org/just-so-you-know-useful-information-for-yo/

We are excited to offer Open Enrollment on-line this year! During this period, covered Participants may make changes to their plans. Please visit: https://pwga.org/OpenEnrollment for more info.

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Pension Contributions Now Online Want to know what you earned in each year since you joined the WGA? Want to find out if a contribution got made on your last assignment? Was your doctor paid for your most recent visit? How’s your pension looking? Now you can find out instantly. It’s online. Updated daily. It takes only a few seconds to sign in using http://bit.ly/pwgapensioncontribs and it will save you hours upon hours of paper-based aggravation.