2026 CODAC Benefit Summaries and Carrier Flyers

• Longer or Shorter Length of Coverage: The plan that has covered the person as an employee, member, subscriber, or retiree the longest is primary.

• If an active employee is on leave due to active duty in the military in excess of 30 days, the plan that covers the person as an active employee, member, or subscriber is considered primary.

• If the above rules do not determine the Primary Plan, the Covered Expenses may be shared equally between the plans. This Plan will not pay more than it would have paid had it been primary.

MEDICARE

If You or Your covered spouse or Dependent is also receiving benefits under Medicare, including through Medicare Prescription drug coverage, federal law may require this Plan to be primary over Medicare. When this Plan is not primary, the Plan will coordinate benefits with Medicare.

Applicable to Active Employees and Their Spouses Ages 65 and Over

A Covered Person that is an active Employee and his or her spouse (ages 65 and over) may, at the option of such Employee, elect or decline coverage under this Plan at open enrollment or some other specified special enrollment period. If such Employee elects coverage under this Plan, the benefits of this Plan shall be determined before any benefits provided by Medicare. If coverage under this Plan is declined by such Employee, benefits listed herein will not be payable even as secondary coverage to Medicare. The Plan will at all times, when applicable, adhere to the requirements set forth in the Medicare Secondary Payer regulations. To the extent required by federal regulations, this Plan will pay Covered Expenses at the Reasonable and Allowable Amount before Medicare makes any secondary payment for benefits. There are some circumstances under which Medicare would be required to pay its benefits first. In these cases, benefits under this Plan would be calculated as secondary payor. The Covered Person will be assumed to have full Medicare coverage (that is, both Parts A & B) whether or not the Covered Person has enrolled for the full coverage. If the Provider accepts assignment with Medicare, Covered Expenses will not exceed the Medicare allowable amount. The order of benefit determination rules determine which plan will pay first (which is the Primary Plan). The Primary Plan pays without regard to the possibility that another plan may cover some expenses. A Secondary Plan pays for Covered Expenses after the Primary Plan has processed the claim, and will reduce the benefits it pays so that the total payment between the Primary Plan and the Secondary Plan does not exceed the Covered Expenses Incurred. Up to 100% of charges Incurred may be paid between both plans. Applicable to All Other Covered Persons Eligible for Medicare Benefits

ORDER OF BENEFIT DETERMINATION RULES FOR MEDICARE

This Plan complies with the Medicare Secondary Payer regulations. Examples of these regulations are as follows:

• This Plan generally pays first under the following circumstances:

➢ You continue to be actively employed by the employer and You or Your covered spouse becomes eligible for and enrolls in Medicare because of age or disability.

➢ You continue to be actively employed by the employer, Your covered spouse becomes eligible for and enrolls in Medicare, and Your spouse is also covered under a retiree plan through his or her former employer. In this case, this Plan pays first for You and Your covered spouse, Medicare pays second, and the retiree plan pays last.

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