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Feature Article
 Policymaker Ensures Healthy Employees, Better Benefits
When a UC team scrutinized and then restructured medical plan offerings to employees for 2008, one of Mark Esteban's goals was to give people more resources to improve their health.
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Berkeley, Riverside
Biology Profs Awarded MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowships
  Claire Kremen, a conservation biologist at UC Berkeley, and Cheryl Hayashi, a UC Riverside biologist who studies the genetic structure of spider silk, are two of the 24 recipients of this year's MacArthur "genius" fellowships. The MacArthur Fellowships are $500,000 "no strings attached" grants to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and promise for important future advances.
Santa Cruz
Wildfire Monitors Honored
Six UC Santa Cruz employees were honored as part of a multiagency team that helped firefighters battle the deadly Esperanza fire in Southern California last year.
Los Angeles
Disease Forecaster Prepares to Predict Pandemics
Nathan Wolfe thinks it's possible to predict future pandemics and stop them in their tracks.
Davis
Females Better at Asking "What If"
New research by UC Davis psychologist Kristin Lagattuta suggests a possible reason why anxiety rates are higher in women than in men: Women may be better at anticipating potential threats based on past experiences.
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 Open Enrollment Is Underway
Open Enrollment for 2008 is now under way, and you have until November 27 to review your current UC health and welfare benefits and make any changes for next year. You will find detailed information and can make your changes, if any, at the Open Enrollment website.
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Behavioral Health Benefit Changes
Beginning January 1, 2008, the behavioral health benefits (in-network providers only) for UC employees in Health Net, CIGNA, Western Health Advantage, Blue Cross PLUS and Blue Cross PPO (out-of-network providers are also available) will be covered by United Behavioral Health (UBH). These behavioral health benefits also will be available to those enrolled in a Kaiser - CA plan.
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Breaking Up with Doctor is Hard to Do
When is it time to break up with your doctor?
That is a question some people may ponder in the fall, typically a time when employers offer employees a chance to change health insurance plans.
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The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act
Annual notification of rights
Do you know that your medical plan, as required by the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, provides benefits for mastectomy-related services including all stages of reconstruction and surgery to achieve symmetry between the breasts, prostheses, and complications resulting from a mastectomy, including lymphedema? Call your plan for more information.
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 Resetting a Password
Q. What do I do if I can't remember my At Your Service Online password so I can make Open Enrollment changes for next year?
A. You have three options to obtain a new password.
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