Here are the 2009 costs for the various plans. This data is for the plans
available in the Hudson Valley, but costs for other parts of the country appear
to be the same for equivalent plans.

Employee Only:

Monthly medical plan prices for FHA plan and the non-FHA "old plan"

Aetna Open Choice PPO ......... $659.10 ........ $177.00
Health Net NY ................. $847.67 ........ $?
IBM EPO - MVP ................. $704.62 ........ $193.00
IBM Hi Ded PPO w/ HSA - MVP ... $593.54 ........ $146.00
High Ded PPO - MVP ............ $514.21 ........ $0.00
Med Ded PPO - MVP ............. $614.97 ........ $170.00
Low Ded PPO - MVP ............. $773.97 ........ $267.00

Dental:

Cigna DMA ...................... $15.00 ......... $27.70
Dental Basic ................... $13.00 ......... $26.73
Dental Plus .................... $18.00 .......,. $34.07


Employee+Spouse:

Monthly medical plan prices for FHA plan and the non-FHA "old plan"

Aetna Open Choice PPO ........ $1319.20 ........ $810.00
Health Net NY ................ $1695.70 ........ $?
IBM EPO - MVP ................ $1409.23 ........ $888.00
IBM Hi Ded PPO w/ HSA - MVP .. $1187.09 ........ $672.00
High Ded PPO - MVP ........... $1028.43 ........ $299.00
Med Ded PPO - MVP ............ $1229.93 ........ $782.00
Low Ded PPO - MVP ............ $1547.95 ....... $1041.00

Dental:

Cigna DMA ...................... $51.91 ......... $45.00
Dental Basic ................... $53.47 ......... $39.00
Dental Plus .................... $68.13 ......... $54.00


--- In ibmpension@yahoogroups.com, "sfg165" <scotgrif@...> wrote:
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>
> Does anyone in the group have knowledge or an example of what the cost of
medical/dental benefits is for a single person when purchased from the IBM
provider?
>
> Most all of the figures that I have seen on this message board and in the
documents show an annual cost which includes a spouse/partner.
>
> For planning purposes, I am interested in finding out the cost for myself
only. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>