Health Insurance Options
Available to Permanent, Full-Time Employees Working At Least 20 Hours Per Week
Gloucester Public Schools is pleased to offer a number of affordable health insurance options for full-time, eligible employees. The GIC Benefit Guide for 2024-2025 will allow you to review your options and make the best plan selection for your family.
As a general reminder, it is important to contact your physician's office to ensure that they accept the health insurance plan you choose.
If you are eligible for health coverage, you may also cover your eligible dependents, which include:
Your biological or adopted child, up to age 26
Your legal spouse
Your disabled child over 26 (special rules apply)
When enrolling dependents in the health plan, you will need to provide additional documents (i.e. certified birth certificates, SSNs, and certified marriage certificate).
You may enroll in, decline, or change your benefit elections during the Annual Open Enrollment Period for benefits effective July 1st unless you have a qualifying event.
Under the GIC, qualifying events include:
Marriage or Remarriage
Legal Separation
Divorce
Birth or Adoption of a Child
Legal Guardianship of a Child
Death of a Covered Spouse, Dependent, or Beneficiary
Loss of Health Coverage
Health Insurance Contact Information
Mass General Brigham Health Plan (formerly AllWays)
Phone: (866) 567-9175
https://massgeneralbrighamhealthplan.org/gic-members
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Phone: (866) 874-0817
https://www.harvardpilgrim.org/gic
Health New England
Phone: (800) 842-4464
https://www.healthnewengland.org/gic
Wellpoint (formerly Unicare)
Phone (Medicare Plans): (800) 442-9300
Phone (Non-Medicare Plans): (833) 663-4176
CVS Caremark
Phone: 1 (877) 876-7214
GIC Health Insurance Forms & Additional Information
If you are choosing to waive health insurance this year, please sign and return this form to the Human Resource Department.
Complete this form if you want to enroll or cancel health insurance and you have one or more of the reasons listed below:
You are a new hire.
You are a current employee but are now choosing to enroll in health insurance.
This selection can only be made during the annual open enrollment.
You are a current employee who is seeking to cancel coverage.
You have a qualifying status change such as indicated below. You must make this change within 60 days of the change.
Change:
You have changed your name or your address.
You have changed your marital status: divorced, legally separated, or remarried.
Add or Drop Dependents:
New babies or adoptions can be added as dependents.
If a current dependent or new dependent is over 18, please use the Dependent Age 19-26 Enrollment/Change Form.
Use this form when your employment changes in one of the following ways:
Retirement
Termination
Leave of Absence (Starting or Returning)
Transfer from Another School System
Use this form to enroll your dependent aged 19-26 for the first time or to report a change in status for your dependent’s who are aged 19 - 26 years old.
Upon receipt of a complete application, the GIC will determine coverage eligibility and effective date.
For new insureds, coverage for the dependent age 19 to 26 will begin on the new insured’s effective date.
Dependents of existing GIC enrollees who are already over age 19 must have a qualifying event to enroll during the year or may apply during the GIC’s annual open enrollment.
Please use one form for each dependent aged 19 to 26.
Use this form to cover a dependent who became mentally or physically incapable of earning his/her own living prior to age 19; or became permanently and totally disabled and became so on or after age 19 and is under age 26.
Complete this form if you want to enroll or cancel health insurance or;
You have a qualifying status change. You must make this change within 60 days of the change.