Group Employee Benefits
A major benefit of Association membership is access to quality employee benefit programs including:
Medical - Dental - Vision - Life - Disability
Supplemental coverages (intensive care, cancer, accident)
WAWA works with the best carriers available for the various coverages:
UnitedHealthcare - Regence BlueShield - Asuris Northwest Health - Premera Blue Cross - Group Health - K P S
Affiliated Associations of America Healthcare Plans now featuring UnitedHealthcare
Washington Dental Service - Colonial Life & Accident
Northwest Benefit Network - Regence Life Insurance Company - Vision Service Plan
WAWA also works closely with licensed agents of various benefit plans and carriers to provide you with no-cost, no-obligation comparisons of plans available to you.
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IRS Releases 2012 Adjusted HSA Amounts
Eligible individuals with self-only coverage under a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) may contribute an annual maximum of $3,100 to their Health Savings Account (HSA) for 2012. Eligible individuals with family coverage (coverage for two or more individuals) under a HDHP may contribute up to $6,250 to their HSA. Individuals age 55 or older who are not enrolled in Medicare may contribute more to the account per year. In 2012, an additional $1,000 contribution will be allowed. To be considered qualified for an HSA, the HDHP must meet certain IRS regulations. For 2012, to qualify as a HDHP:
- The minimum deductible amount must be $1,200 for self-only coverage and $2,400 for family coverage.
- The out-of-pocket maximum must be no higher than $6,050 for individual or $12,100 for family coverage.
- The HDHP must be set up with a combined medical/pharmacy deductible. This deductible must apply to the out-of-pocket maximum.
- All medical and pharmacy services must be subject to deductible and out-of-pocket maximum except for preventive services.
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