health insurance

  1. August 9, 2021

    Open Enrollment for 2022 benefits includes life insurance

    Faculty, staff, retirees and benefits-eligible graduate students may change their benefits during once-a-year Open Enrollment from Oct. 18 through 5 p.m. Oct. 29.

  2. October 29, 2020

    REMINDER: Open Enrollment ends at 5 p.m. Friday

    Faculty, staff and retirees who are eligible for U-M benefits can make changes to their coverage for 2021 through Wolverine Access until 5 p.m. Oct. 30.

  3. August 25, 2020

    Open Enrollment for 2021 benefits includes new health plan option

    Faculty, staff, retirees and benefits-eligible graduate students may change their benefits during the once-a-year Open Enrollment that runs Oct. 19 through 5 p.m. Oct. 30.

  4. June 23, 2020

    Employee, retiree health plans factor into state auto insurance reform

    Michigan’s long-discussed auto insurance reform legislation takes effect July 1, but homework may be needed for U-M employees to understand how it affects them. 

  5. June 10, 2020

    New health plan option coming for employees and retirees

    U-M will add Michigan Care, a new managed-care plan, to the health care plan options in 2021 for faculty, staff and retirees who live in a specific geographic area within southeast Michigan.

  6. April 8, 2020

    University expands health benefits for COVID-19 care

    U-M has revised its health benefits in a continuing effort to ensure its communities have the comprehensive care needed during the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

  7. March 26, 2020

    HR announces benefit updates in response to COVID-19

    Members of the U-M community covered under university health plans now have coverage for virtual medical and behavioral health visits, and cost sharing is waived for virtual medical visits through April 30.

  8. March 6, 2020

    ACA helped with health insurance access but gaps remain

    As the Affordable Care Act turns 10 years old, a new U-M study shows it has narrowed racial and ethnic gaps in access to health insurance and health care — but not eliminated them.

  9. November 13, 2019

    Recent U-M health benefit led to increased IVF rates

    Research has found that since 2015, when U-M added coverage for infertility treatments, the use of in vitro fertilization increased more than nine times among women in the university’s lowest-salary bracket.

  10. October 21, 2019

    Open Enrollment for 2020 benefits running until Nov. 1

    U-M faculty, staff and retirees can change their benefits during open enrollment, which is now open and continues until 5 p.m. Nov. 1. The changes and new rates take effect Jan. 1, 2020.