PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund

Welcome to the PSC-CUNY
Welfare Fund Website

AN IMPORTANT BENEFIT IMPROVEMENT FOR MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RETIREES: We are pleased to announce that the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund has entered into a new partnership with Medicare and Medco that will enable us to continue providing a high level of coverage for your prescription drugs—often with greater savings for you.
Read more here. Answers to common questions are here.

Ask the Staff a Question: Got a question about your Welfare Fund benefits? First go to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section of the website. You can also send a question to the Welfare Fund staff by clicking here. We’ll answer via email. All personal information will remain confidential.

Your Benefits at a Glance: Want a quick list of what the Fund offers participants? Here you go! And here's an alphabetical index of links to all that and more.

Fund News and Notes

The Welfare Fund hearing aid benefit through General Hearing Services has been upgraded. See the new GHS brochure here.

PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Board of Trustees' Resolution on Adjunct Health Insurance, Passed July 25, 2011. Read the full text here. Read a message to all adjuncts from PSC President Barbara Bowen and Vice President of Part-Time Personnel Marcia Newfield.
Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Adjunct Health Benefit

Tax on Benefits Information for Same-Sex Spouses is here.

Health Care Reform, Dependent Children to Age 26. Read all about it.

That letter on Health Care Reform, dollar limits and Rx drugs: Explained

Optical Benefits EOBs: Please allow 6 weeks. Here's Why

Read the current Welfare Fund Benefits Bulletin here.

New General Vision Services Benefit Brochure and Bonus Coupon
Read about how we're making the vision benefit more user friendly.

An Important Change in Blue Cross Health Coverage: On January 1, 2010, the Blue Cross program for city employees and retirees became a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). All active employees and non-Medicare retirees enrolled in GHI-CBP/Blue Cross must receive all inpatient and outpatient hospital care at participating facilities or be subject to payment penalties. More here.

Retirees! Learn about MyMedicare.gov, a very useful service for getting your personal Medicare information, here.

The Medicare Rights Center works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults through counseling, educational programs and public policy initiatives. Sign up here for free electronic newsletters and alerts designed to give consumers and professionals the latest Medicare information right at their desktops.

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RECOMMEND A DENTIST. We are creating a database of good dentists. Would you recommend yours? Click here to make a recommendation. Click here for dentists recommended by members.

What Is the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund?

Your Welfare Fund is a Supplemental Fund supported by contributions from the City University of New York in accordance with the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The Supplemental aspect refers to the nature of the benefits, principally dental, prescription drug, extended medical, disability, death benefits, optical and a variety of smaller benefits. These are all offered through the Welfare Fund.

Basic health benefits are provided directly through carriers such as GHI, HIP, Blue Cross and others. These are not part of the Welfare Fund. Get more information on those programs here.

This website is a work in progress that Fund staff are updating and amending on a regular basis. We are providing the best information on our current benefits and changes that are coming into effect.

We hope you will be able to use this site to answer many of your questions and concerns and also use it to enhance your communications with the Fund Office.

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