Gettysburg College provides all full-time employees with medical, prescription and vision insurance. This benefit will be effective the first of the month after the hire date.
Change to Spousal/Partner Benefit
Effective January 1, 2024, any spouse or partner who is eligible for medical benefits with another employer-sponsored health plan will no longer be eligible for coverage with the College's plan.
Health care plans are administered by Highmark. Premiums are based on the employee’s plan choice and family size. A prescription drug plan is provided through this program. Additionally, a mail-in drug program is available for maintenance drugs. Each plan offers the same prescription and vision plan.
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Medical plan - 2024
In calendar year 2024 the College offers a QHDHP 2000 plan.
Monthly premiums
Earning less than $40,000
| Coverage | Monthly Total | College Share | Your Share | Per Pay* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | $777.82 | $747.58 | $30.24 | $15.12 |
| Employee/ Child(ren) | $1,452.43 | $1,281.77 | $169.66 | $84.83 |
| Employee/ Spouse | $1,613.82 | $1,425.28 | $188.54 | $94.27 |
| Family | $2,487.67 | $2,139.57 | $348.10 | $174.05 |
* Premium is deducted from 24 of 26 annual paychecks.
Earning between $40,000 and $80,000
| Coverage | Monthly Total | College Share | Your Share | Per Pay* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | $777.82 | $721.76 | $56.06 | $28.03 |
| Employee/ Child(ren) | $1,452.43 | $1,253.38 | $198.05 | $99.03 |
| Employee/ Spouse | $1,613.82 | $1,380.78 | $233.04 | $116.52 |
| Family | $2,487.67 | $2,069.38 | $418.29 | $209.15 |
* Premium is deducted from 24 of 26 annual paychecks.
Earning greater than $80,000
| Coverage | Monthly Total | College Share | Your Share | Per Pay* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | $777.82 | $707.31 | $70.51 | $35.26 |
| Employee/ Child(ren) | $1,452.43 | $1,223.64 | $227.79 | $113.90 |
| Employee/ Spouse | $1,613.82 | $1,360.69 | $253.13 | $126.57 |
| Family | $2,487.67 | $2,016.19 | $471.48 | $235.74 |
* Premium is deducted from 24 of 26 annual paychecks.
Preventative RX
Vision plan
Vision benefit summary (PDF)
Making changes outside of Open Enrollment
If an employee is adding children to their health insurance, Human Resources must be notified within 14 days of birth to assure enrollment in the health insurance program.
If you have a change to your marital status, please notify the Human Resource office. This change may affect your benefits, your new spouse may want to join our coverage and your ex-spouse has the right to COBRA insurance coverage.
If your new spouse would like to join our medical or dental coverage you must add them to your plan within 30 days of the marriage otherwise you will need to wait until open enrollment.
Additional medical plan information
The College is required to provide the following additional notices and information.
- Annual notices
- CHIP brochure (PDF)
- Creditable coverage memo
- How to find a drug on the Core Formulary (PDF)
- Verification of other coverage form (PDF)
How to file an appeal for RX
If you received a letter from Highmark indicating that your prescription is not covered on the new formulary, you should meet with the prescribing physician to review other drugs that may work that are covered on the formulary. If there is a medically necessary reason why you can only take the non-covered prescription you can appeal the denial with Highmark.
The best way to submit an appeal to Highmark is to have the prescribing physician start the process. Your physician should contact Highmark to start the appeal process.
Please log onto your Highmark account, under prescriptions on the top bar you will see the following information to start the appeal process:
PRE-APPROVAL PROCESS: Print the Prescription drug medication request form for your doctor-or-Submit an online request