Open Enrollment Is Over. Use This Section As A Reference Until December 17
What Is Open Enrollment?
Each fall during Open Enrollment, you are free to make changes to your health care and life insurance benefits for the following calendar year. This is the only opportunity you'll have to make changes unless you experience a qualifying life event (see the Life Event section for more information). This is a good time to review what's new for 2008, re-enroll in a Flexible Spending Account or recertify a student dependent.
Follow these simple steps to complete Open Enrollment for 2008:
- Check out What's New in Stanford Benefits and watch the presentation, or attend a benefits fair.
- See Do I Need To Enroll? or download the Open Enrollment Checklist to determine whether or not you need to make any changes.
- Click on MyBenefits to make your elections.
- Important! Carefully review your confirmation statement. Make corrections by December 17.
Stanford Benefits Goes Green!
We're doing our part to save paper and protect the planet. For most active employees, your 2008 Open Enrollment packets are available online only. A limited number of packets are available by special request. Click here.
Check Out These Open Enrollment Resources
Open Enrollment Resources For Active Employees
Open Enrollment Resources For Retirees
Use Educated Chooser To Calculate Your Costs
Get help projecting costs. Use our Educated Chooser tool to calculate your medical plan contributions along with projected annual costs based on how you use the plan.
Compare Your Plans
Use our handy comparison charts to compare plan benefits for the coming year.
Active Employees
Click here to compare 2008 Medical Plans.
Click here to compare 2008 Dental Plans.
Retirees
Think Twice — You May Need To Make Changes
You must re-enroll if you need to:
- Recertify your child if he/she is a student age 19 to 23
- Re-enroll in your Flexible Spending Accounts
- Enroll in the Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account program If you were awarded a child care grant
See Do I Need To Enroll? to find out if you do!
How To Enroll — Easy As 1,2,3
- Have your ID and PIN numbers ready.
- Logon onto MyBenefits.
- Follow the directions.
You will need:
- Stanford ID number — Use the last 8 digits on your Stanford ID card.
- PIN — If this is your first visit to the site, your PIN is the month and year of your birthday (MMYYYY). Otherwise, it is the PIN you selected the first time you called or went online. Forgot your PIN? Click on "I Forgot my PIN" on the logon screen and get a new number.