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HP and HPE "What's Changing" Summaries and Enrollment Guides  (Nov 6, 2022.) Operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed or supported.

To cover changes after the Enrollment Guide booklets were printed, HP has developed  "What's changing for 2023" summaries -- which are not available on myhpbenefits.com. (They are available here -- and on HP's separate "HP Continuum" password-protected retiree site: https://www.hpcontinuum.com )

Tip: Lots packed into an Enrollment Guide. Go through your Guide very carefully -- and mark it up.

Even if you have a paper copy, download the current file and use Adobe Reader's search feature to find specific words or phrases. (Press "Ctrl" and "F" together on a PC -- or "Command" and "F" on a Mac.)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

"If you need to correct your elections, notify the HPE Benefits Center before December 31, 2022."

- HPE's "Former Employee" site is public: https://hr.ext.hpe.com/External-HR-Support-USA.  [Note: Loads very slowly. Click "COUNTRY SPECIFIC LINKS."]

- HPE 2023 Enrollment Guide posted publicly here: https://myhperewards.com/pdf/hpe-retiree-guide-2023.pdf  Cover: Couple at amusement park. Kissing a stuffed penguin.)
We have a copy: https://www.hpalumni.org/hpe-retiree-guide-2023.pdf  File created 10/20/22. Downloaded by HPAA Nov 6.
Re-enrollment restrictions are in a table on page 14.

"HP Retiree Medical Program" vs "Pre-2003 HP Retiree Medical Program" -- official explanation.

"Your medical coverage is determined by your HP retiree medical program.

● Most recent HP retirees qualify for the HP Retiree Medical Program under which retirees pay the full cost of coverage with potential HP funding to the Retirement Medical Savings Account.
[HPAA comment: This is the current retiree program.]

● You might qualify for one of the legacy Retiree Medical Programs as follows:

- Pre-2003 HP Retiree Medical Program: HP Corporate Benefits: "May apply if you retired from HP before 2003, or if you were with HP on December 31, 2002, and retired at a later date with eligibility for the program (this typically meant retiring at age 55 or later with at least 15 years of qualifying service, having at least 62 age-plus-service 'points' as of December 31, 2005, and being within five years of qualifying as of June 30, 2007). This program generally does not apply if you joined HP through the Compaq or EDS acquisitions."
[HPAA comment: "2003" refers to the year when HP implemented the program, not necessarily your year of retirement. Details and copy of official HP below.]

- Digital Retiree Health Program: May apply if you retired from Digital Equipment Corporation before the Compaq acquisition, or if you were paid on the former Digital payroll as of February 28, 1999, were at least age 50 with five years of qualifying service at that time and retired from Compaq or HP at age 55 or later with at least 10 years of qualifying service.

If you’re still not sure, refer to the cover of the printed enrollment guide mailed to your home, or contact the HP Benefits Center."

[This is from the HP document "What's my medical coverage" at https://www.hpcontinuum.com  Click "Benefits" then "Annual Enrollment." Created 10/21/22; downloaded 10/29/22.]

More detail from HPAA members: https://www.hpalumni.org/Pre2003

HPInc. HP Continuum is HPInc's official U.S. retiree social networking site. Includes material not available on MyHPBenefits, such as "What's Changing" summaries, directory of provider URLs and phone numbers, the legal Summary Plan Descriptions, and retiree discounts. Monthly email newsletter. (Also includes Annual Enrollment Guides, which are available on MyHPBenefits.)

Join HP Continuum by providing your email, employee number, and birthdate at https://www.hpcontinuum.com  Click "Benefits" then "Annual Enrollment."