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Menu: Benefits and Medicare topics for HP
and HPE alumni
Advice and reference info from members. The HP Alumni
Association is operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed
or supported.
If you received a letter from Social Security entitled
"Potential Private Retirement Benefit." How to
decode the letter and who to contact:
Potential Benefit letter
If you have paper stock certificates. What to do:
Stock Certificates If leaving or recently left, use our ASAP Checklist 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 - from company 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. Which health program Depending on age, years of service, and other factors, you may qualify for the "Pre-2003 HP Retiree Medical Program" -- as opposed to the current "HP Retiree Medical Program." ("2003" refers to the year when HP implemented the program, not necessarily your year of retirement.) Enrollment Guides Searchable copies of the Annual Enrollment Guides for HP, HPE, and DEC. Benefits Centers and Alight Medicare Phone numbers for HP and HPE. What I wish I had known before layoff, retirement, or leaving -- based on input from dozens of HPAA members. Finance issues Including stock, pension, 401(k) ... Employee stock You may now have stock in HP, HPE, Agilent, Keysight, and DXC in various accounts -- and may have missed cash payouts for Perspecta and Micro Focus. How many shares of which companies should I have? How much cash should I have received? Stock Recovery Process Discounts Advice and reference info from members. 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. Company-subsidized insurance programs, Insurance discount programs marketed using company facilities and communication channels. Group Legal Services. Death benefit. Retiree gold badge. Now symbolic only. (At some older sites, may be useful for discounts at some local businesses.) 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. Member advice HPAA Benefits Forum. Covers topics such as COBRA and retiree health benefits, annual enrollment, and transition to Medicare. Join the HPAA Benefits Forum. Join us. If formerly a regular, direct U.S. employee of HP or HPE -- or in the process of leaving. We welcome others who could benefit from our updates and online forums: spouses/partners, those receiving company benefits -- dependents, DEC and EDS retirees -- and heirs with HP/HPE-related stock. No charge, thanks to HPAA's Supporting Members. Join at hpalumni.org/join Website operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed or supported. Question? Email: info@hpalumni.org (Menu updated Apr 11, 2023) |
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