2009 Premiums — Your Share

	Non-Postal Premium		Postal Premium
Type of Enrollment	Biweekly	Monthly	Biweekly
Standard Option Self Only (104)	$70.18	$152.06	$46.39
Standard Option Family (105)	$164.58	$356.59	$110.72
Basic Option Self Only (111)	$42.66	$92.44	$23.04
Basic Option Family (112)	$99.91	$216.48	$53.95

Non-Postal rates apply to most non-Postal employees. If you are in a special enrollment category, refer to the Guide to Federal Benefits for that category or contact the agency that maintains your health benefits enrollment. Career non-law enforcement employees may also refer to the Guide to Federal Benefits for United States Postal Service Employees, RI 70-2, to determine their rates.

Different rates apply and a special Guide is published for Postal Service Inspectors and Office of Inspector General (OIG) employees (see RI 70-21N). For additional assistance, Postal Service employees can call the Human Resources Shared Service Center at 1.877.477.3273 and select option 5. Postal rates do not apply to non-career postal employees, postal retirees, or associate members of any postal employee organization who are not career postal employees. Refer to the applicable Guide to Federal Benefits.

More Information

It is important that you refer to the 2009 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan brochure (RI 71-005) for a complete, contractual description of benefits. A complete list of 2009 benefit changes is available in Section 2 of the 2009 brochure.

You can call you local Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan at the number on the back of your ID card for additional information.

Basic Consumer Option

Introduced in 2008, Basic Consumer Option is a high deductible health plan and a sub-option of Basic Option available in limited Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan Service areas. It provides comprehensive health insurance coverage plus a tax-advantage way to help you build savings for future medical expenses through a Health Savings Account (HSA) or Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).

To determine if Basic Consumer Option is available in your area, please go to the Basic Consumer Option page.