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Medicare and Your Standard Option Benefits

This is a summary of the Mail Handlers Benefit Plan Standard Option. Before making a final decision, please read the Official Plan Brochure (RI71-007). All benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations and exclusions set forth in the Official Plan Brochure. This also is a summary of Medicare features. For more information on Medicare, call 1-800-MEDICARE or visit www.medicare.gov.

Standard Option With Medicare Parts A & B Primary

This chart assumes that Medicare is the primary payer and that covered services are provided by doctors and facilities that participate with Medicare. MHBP does not pay 100% when services are provided by a doctor under a private contract that provides for direct billing and no Medicare coverage.

No deductible applies when Medicare parts A & B are primary.

Medical Coverage You Pay
Medical Coverage
Topic You Pay
Calendar Year Deductible Nothing. MHBP waives most medical deductibles and most copayments and coinsurance, and pays Medicare's deductibles and coinsurance
Annual Physical Exam (PPO) Nothing

Preventive Screenings

Includes cholesterol screenings, mammograms, PAP tests, PSA tests, urinalysis, bone density screenings, colon cancer screenings, and more

Nothing
Doctor's Office Visits Nothing
Lab, X-Ray and Diagnostic Tests Nothing
Lab Savings Program Nothing for covered lab tests with the Lab Savings Program with Quest Diagnostics
Chiropractic Care (PPO) Nothing (up to $2,500 maximum for alternative, chiropractic and rehabilitative therapies combined)
Hospitalization Nothing
Outpatient Surgical Facility Nothing
Surgery and Anesthesia Nothing
Emergency Treatment Nothing
Overseas Medical Expenses PPO-level benefits for covered care received outside the United States (Medicare alone usually does not provider benefits for services received outside the United States)

Prescription Drug Coverage - Retail Pharmacy

Up to a 30-day supply - no deductible applies.

*Specialty drugs are used to treat chronic, complex conditions and typically require special handling and close monitoring.

Prescription Drug Coverage - Retail Pharmacy You Pay
Prescription Drug Coverage - Retail Pharmacy
Topic You Pay
Generic $10 copayment
Preferred brand name $40 copayment
Non-preferred brand name $60 copayment
Specialty* $100 copayment

Prescription Drug Coverage - Mail Order Pharmacy

Up to a 90-day supply - No deductible.

*Specialty drugs are used to treat chronic, complex conditions and typically require special handling and close monitoring.

Prescription Drug Coverage - Mail Order Pharmacy You Pay
Prescription Drug Coverage - Mail Order Pharmacy
Topic You Pay
Generic $15 copayment
Preferred brand name $65 copayment
Non-preferred brand name $90 copayment
Specialty* $300 copayment

Special Member Benefits

Vision care discounts and savings from EyeMed Vision Care providers, laser vision correction savings from the U.S. Laser Network and QualSight, healthy living and fitness savings from GlobalFit, savings on CVS Pharmacy-brand everyday health-related items, and a hearing aid discount program from HearPO*.


*These benefits are neither offered nor guaranteed under contract with the FEHBP, but are made available to all MHBP enrollees and their covered family members. You cannot file a FEHBP disputed claim about them.

The fees you pay for these services do not count toward the FEHBP deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.


A single annual $42 Mail Handlers Benefit Plan associate membership fee makes MHBP Standard Option available to you.

1 This chart assumes that Medicare is the primary payer and that covered services are provided by doctors and facilities that participate with Medicare. MHBP does not pay 100% when services are provided by a doctor under a private contract that provides for direct billing and no Medicare coverage.

This is a summary of the Mail Handlers Benefit Plan Standard Option. Before making a final decision, please read the Official Plan brochure (RI71-007). All benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations and exclusions set forth in the Official Plan brochure. This also is a summary of Medicare features. For more information on Medicare, call 1-800-MEDICARE or visit www.medicare.gov.

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