Nationwide, and throughout all sectors of the economy, health care costs continue to rise. Despite this economic pressure, Dartmouth College wants to maintain a retiree health insurance plan for faculty and staff. The Board of Trustees asked us to revise the current plan while continuing to provide coverage. The College Benefits Council (CBC), with representation from each division and from all job categories—faculty, salaried, and hourly paid employees—spent considerable time researching, developing, and recommending a solution that would allow us to keep this important benefit.
This site summarizes the plan changes proposed by the CBC. Final retiree health benefit changes will not take effect until 2009. Select Plan Details on the right for examples of how the plan would work. The final benefit changes will be announced in early 2008. Employee information sessions will be held in early 2008 to provide a detailed overview of those changes. At that time the Benefits Office will have additional resources in place to provide retirement projections and personal retirement counseling to those considering retiring in the immediate future.
