{"id":4475,"date":"2017-12-01T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/?page_id=4475"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:33:24","slug":"health-vision-dental-plan-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/health-vision-dental-plan-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Health, vision, and dental plan options"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/plans\/uniform-medical-plan\/\">Uniform Medical Plan<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Uniform Medical Plan offers three plans to UW employees: Classic, Select, and CDHP.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/plans\/kaiser-wa\/\">Kaiser WA plans<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Kaiser WA offers four plans to UW employees: Classic, Value, SoundChoice, and a CDHP.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/plans\/kaiser-permanente-nw\/\">Kaiser Permanente NW plans<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Only employees who live in Clark county or Cowlitz county can enroll in the Kaiser Permanente NW plans.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/plans\/dental\/\">Dental plans<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>See your dental plans options and compare costs and networks.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h6 m-b-0 m-t-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/plans\/vision\/\">Vision plans<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right m-l-xs\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Learn about your vision plan options and compare costs and networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the Uniform Medical Plan, Kaiser Permanente options, and dental plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":4364,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4475","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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