San Diego Municipal Employees Association

Open Enrollment for benefits starts in October. Did you know:

• The current MOU includes increases into your FBP Credits each December 1.

While MEA and SDPEBA strive to keep premiums as low as possible while providing the services you need, increases happen. However, that doesn’t always mean that it needs to impact your take-home pay. In the current MOU, on December 1 of each year, more money goes into your FBP Credits to help cover potential increases.

• MEA Members brought Sharp Health Plan to the City years ago.

Decades ago, the City offered one health plan. It was a high-deductible, low-benefit plan. MEA members asked that their union bring Sharp to the City. And we did, and created incentives for the plans to help keep costs low and services high, aka, working for you.

• MEA fights hard for you with the plan providers.

MEA works alongside SDPEBA to improve the services covered by the MEA plans while keeping premiums low through robust negotiations with plan providers (Sharp, MetLife Dental, VSP Vision).

Plan premiums and services are negotiated at regular intervals. We listen to you about what would improve the plans and look at the data at a 10,000-foot level, to better serve you and your loved ones.

During Open Enrollment, take a moment to review your benefits and make any changes so they work best for you.

• Questions about the plans offered through MEA – Sharp Health Plan, MEA Dental (MetLife), or MEA Vision? Contact SDPEBA.
• Questions about the health plans offered through the City – Kaiser or Cigna? Contact the City’s Risk Management Department.