|
Join EER/WFR/Leaving Contacts Benefits Medicare Stock Pension Finance Career HP History Index |
|
|
|
||
|
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." If "Type of Benefit" is "A" -- in the "Year Reported" you rolled to a different plan, bought an annuity, or took cash. More: https://www.hpalumni.org/PotentialBenefitLetter. 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 Depending on when and how you acquired HP or HPE stock, you may now have stock in up to five (formerly seven) completely separate HP-related companies -- usually in multiple accounts -- and may have missed cash payouts. How many shares of which companies should I have? How much cash should I have received? hpalumni.org/stock 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 forums: spouses/partners, those receiving company benefits -- dependents, DEC and EDS retirees -- and heirs with HP-related stock. No charge, thanks to HPAA's Supporting Members. Join at hpalumni.org/join Website operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed or supported. Comments: info@hpalumni.org (Menu Updated May 5, 2022.) |
||
|
If formerly a regular, direct U.S. employee of HP or HPE -- or are in the process of leaving -- join the HP Alumni Association. No charge, thanks to HPAA's Supporting Members. Operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed or supported. © 2023 Hewlett-Packard Alumni Association, Inc. By using this site you accept these terms. |
||
