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Benefits topics for HP and HPE alumni
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Received a "Potential Private Retirement Benefit" letter from U.S. Social Security? How to decode; who to contact: https://www.hpalumni.org/PotentialBenefitLetter
If considering retirement, dealing with possible layoff, or recently left. Action to quietly take now even if not expecting to leave soon. Practical "What I wish I had known" advice from HP/HPE alumni who have gone through past cycles: Leaving HP or HPE (No password required.)
HPAlumni Benefits Forum. Covers topics such as COBRA and retiree health benefits, annual enrollment, and transition to Medicare. (Hosted on Google Groups.) Join the HPAA Benefits Forum.
For 2026, HP Inc and HPE changed how retiree health coverage is provided. The necessary changes cannot be made automatically. Annual Enrollment tips and traps
Medicare Menu (Whether or not receiving benefits from HP or HPE.) If transitioning to Medicare soon, you have a lot of homework to do!
Health insurance - through former employer or otherwise. Heads up! Contact directories. Future of retiree healthcare. How to escalate. Dental.
COBRA Health benefits continuation – including premium assistance under the American Rescue Plan.
Comparing health plans. Carefully compare plan details – especially between similar-sounding group and individual plans.
Which Company You may be a retiree or former employee of more that one HP-related company.
Enrollment Guides We have searchable copies of the Annual Enrollment Guides for HP, HPE, and DEC.
Benefits Centers and Alight Phone numbers for HP, HPE, and Alight.
What I wish I had known before layoff, retirement, or leaving – based on input from dozens of HPAA members.
Stock. Depending on how you acquired stock – and due to spinoffs and acquisitions – you may now have shares of HPInc, HPE, DXC, Keysight, and/or Agilent – in different accounts – and may not have received cash payouts for Micro Focus and Perspecta. Shares, payouts, or dividends may have been turned over to a state as "unclaimed property." Find it all – and verify or estimate your current cost basis: HP/HPE-related stock
Discounts Advice and reference info from members.
Worldwide contacts for former employees. Member advice: stock records, employment and salary verification, Payroll. W-2, HP and HPE Retirement Service Centers, HP and HPE Benefits Centers, etc.
Insurance programs. Long Term Care insurance. Life and Accident. Group Universal Life. Death Benefit. Insurance discount programs. Group legal services.
Retiree badge. Now symbolic only. (At some older sites, may be useful for discounts at some local businesses.)
Company-matched charitable donations. HP Inc: Limited to current employees. (Was available to retirees In the distant past.) HPE: No data yet.
Retiree Checklist Retiring
Related Companies. Member advice for people from acquired or spinoff companies: Agilent Autonomy Compaq DEC DXC EDS Keysight Micro Focus Perspecta Tandem Other acquisitions and spinoffs
Death or disability of a former employee. Stock, pension, dependent health coverage, and other issues: Checklist for dependents and heirs
Join the HP/HPE Alumni Forums. Ask questions and trade practical advice on HP/HPE-related benefits, finance, and personal tech issues. (Hosted on Google Groups.) Free. Also open to spouses/partners, dependents, DEC and EDS retirees receiving HP or HPE benefits. Join by sending an email
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