{"id":4364,"date":"2017-11-23T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T18:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/?page_id=4364"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:20:10","slug":"health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/","title":{"rendered":"Health insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health, vision, and dental plans<\/a><\/h3>\n

See your health insurance medical and dental plan options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Compare health plans<\/a><\/h3>\n

Find a doctor, download Certificates of Coverage, learn about premiums and deductibles and consumer-directed health plans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eligibility for insurance<\/a><\/h3>\n

Eligibility requirements for health insurance and other state-provided benefits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Health insurance options for those ineligible for UW coverage<\/a><\/h3>\n

Find health insurance options that are available for people who are not eligible for one of the University's health insurance programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Premium surcharges<\/a><\/h3>\n

You must pay an extra fee if you or a dependent uses tobacco or if you add a dependent who has declined other health coverage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tax reporting and your benefits – FAQ<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employer\u2010sponsored medical and dental costs to be reported on employee tax forms. Find out how report these details<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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COBRA: Continue your insurance<\/a><\/h3>\n

Pay to continue your health insurance when your employment ends or you lose benefits eligibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graduate appointees: health insurance<\/a><\/h3>\n

Learn about health insurance options for teaching assistants, research assistants, tutors, predoctoral researchers, and other academic student employees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn about the different health plans available to benefits-eligible UW employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":4347,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4364\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}