Event explains health care benefits to veterans

The St. Cloud VA Health Care System will host a Health Benefits Fair for federal and retired federal employees on Wednesday, December 7 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in the St. Cloud VA Medical Center Auditorium, Building 8. The VA Medical Center is located at 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud, MN 56303. Please follow the signs to get to the auditorium.

Representatives from health insurance plans including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Health Partners, American Postal Workers Union, Government Employees Hospital Association, Inc., Mail Handlers Benefit Plan and Federal Employees Dental and Vision Plans will provide information about their health plans.

All federal and retired federal employees are invited to meet with plan representatives during the health fair. For answers to specific questions about health plan rates prior to the Health Insurance Information Fair, please visit www.opm.gov/insure . Any changes to retired employees’ plans must be made through a call by the retiree to the Retirement Bureau at (888) 767-6738. Federal and retired federal employees may contact the Human Resources office at (320) 255-6301 if there are further questions regarding the Health Insurance Information Fair.

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