If your retiree medical coverage is dropped for nonpayment of premiums, you’ll receive a coverage termination notice and have a one-time, 90-day grace period from the date of your termination notice to request that coverage be reinstated retroactively to the date it was dropped for nonpayment.
To request reinstatement, you must call the HPE Benefits Center and pay any outstanding premium payments. Payment is due immediately upon making the reinstatement request.
The reinstatement option is only available one time. If you don’t request reinstatement before the end of this 90-day grace period, or you previously used your one-time reinstatement, you’ll never be able to request reinstatement of coverage in the future, and you’ll only be permitted to re-enroll in HPE medical benefits if you do so within 60 days of losing group medical coverage through another employer or a public health exchange.