THE EMERITI PROGRAM for those planning for retirement

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2013 Benefits

THE EMERITI PROGRAM

for those planning for retirement

Medicare and Emeriti’s Health Insurance and Reimbursement Benefit

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Your Institution’s Commitment

Your Institution is:

Giving you a tax-free way to pay for your health care expenses in retirement

Providing access to group health insurance when you retire

Keeping you informed about retiree health care issues along the way

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Emeriti’s Core Benefit Components

Emeriti Health

Accounts

• Tax-advantaged savings and investment vehicle, via VEBA

Trusts, for payment of future medical expenses in retirement

Emeriti Health

Insurance

Portable group retiree health insurance options building on the foundation of Medicare

Emeriti

Reimbursement

Benefits

• Tax-free reimbursement of other qualified medical expenses not covered by Medicare or Emeriti insurance options

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Emeriti’s Service Providers

Emeriti

TIAA-

CREF

Accumulation

Recordkeeping

Trust Services

Investment

Management

Savitz Aetna

Proprietary

Mutual Funds

Non

Proprietary

Mutual Funds

Insurance

Premiums

Disbursement

Recordkeeping

Retiree Health

Plans

Qualifying

Medical

Expenses

HealthPartners

Retiree Health

Plans

Debit Card Manual Claims

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Medicare is Not Enough

Other

14%*

Medicare

59%

Out-of-

Pocket

13%

Private

Insurance

14%

Source: EBRI estimates from the 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

*VA, Tricare, other private, Medicaid, other.

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How Medicare Works

Part A (Hospital) and Part

B (Medical)

Original Medicare

• Medicare provides these coverages

• You have your choice of doctors & providers

Part C

Medicare Advantage, PPO Plan

• Private insurers approved by Medicare provide

Parts A & B coverage

• You may get extra benefits

Part D

Prescription Drug

• Private insurers approved by Medicare provide coverage

• Different plans cover different drugs at different levels

• You can choose from a range of plan designs

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What Are You Saving For?

Medicare

• Part A deductible

• Part B deductible

• Part B premium

• Part D deductible

• Part D Coverage Gap cost share

• Part D Catastrophic

Threshold cost share

Supplemental

Insurance

• Premiums

• Deductibles

• Co-pays and coinsurance

Out-of-Pocket

Expenses

• Vision

• Hearing

• Medical equipment

• Long-term care

• In-home health care

Note: Higher-income retirees may pay a higher Part B premium and may also be subject to a Part D premium

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Advantages of Emeriti Post-65 Insurance

Emeriti’s group plans build on the foundation of Medicare.

• Guaranteed issue group health insurance coverage

• Portable, nationwide access

• A flexible menu of insurance options

• Annual choice among plans

• Catastrophic protection

• Part D prescription drug coverage

• Foreign urgent or emergency care*

• Preventive care**

*Available in some plans.

** Varies by plan .

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How Do You Access Medicare and Emeriti Health Insurance

After age 65 When you retire

After enrollment

in Medicare Parts A & B

NOTE: Consult your Summary Plan Description for details.

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Who Can Use Emeriti Health Insurance

Available for Participant & Dependents

Participant’s dependents include:

Spouse (pre- or post-65)

Domestic partner (pre- or post-65) depending on your plan*

Dependent children (before majority, to age 26)

Permanently disabled children**

Post-65 dependents must enroll in same coverage as participant

NOTE: The employer’s plan establishes specific rules for vesting in the Emeriti account balance and retirement eligibility for the Emeriti insurance.

*Domestic partners’ coverage is available only if elected by the institution. Independent domestic partners pay for insurance outside of the Health Account.

**Determination of permanent disability also confers access to post-65 insurance for these individuals. Disability must occur before majority.

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Emeriti Insurance Choices for 2013

Emeriti Group Medical Plans

One Medicare coordination plan

Two Medicare supplemental plans (availability based on state approval)

One Medicare Advantage PPO (Extended Service Area (ESA) available for geographical areas outside Aetna’s network)

Emeriti Rx Plans*

Rx High Plan – continuing coverage in coverage gap

Rx Mid Plan – generic coverage only in coverage gap

Rx Low Plan – no coverage in coverage gap

Emeriti Dental Plan

One dental plan

PLEASE NOTE: Emeriti will offer Aetna Group Medicare Supplement Insurance (GMS) Plans A and L to retirees living in Florida.

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Or Preserve Your Options

Select Rx Low Plan

Choose Rx Low Plan as stand-alone option

Consider Dental

Add dental to the Rx Low Plan if you wish

Selecting an RX Low Plan allows you to remain in the Emeriti Program and permits you to change coverage in future years.

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Create Your Own Plan

STEP 1

select a medical plan

STEP 2

select an Rx plan

STEP 3

Consider the optional dental plan

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Emeriti’s Other Program Components

Emeriti Reimbursement Benefits

A tax-free method for you to pay for other qualified out-of-pocket medical expenses not covered by Medicare or Emeriti insurance.

Emeriti Health Accounts

A tax-advantaged way to save and invest for future medical expenses.

Note: ACH savings option will be available in 2013.

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Reimbursement Benefits at Work

For expenses incurred after termination

Manually submit claims to Savitz:

Mail

Fax

Upload through Participant Benefits Dashboard

(MyEmeritiBenefits.org)

Debit card option in development for 2013

Reimbursement Benefits will be paid from participant’s balance in the Money Market Fund.

Participants may transfer lump-sum amounts or set-up monthly systematic transfers in amounts of $100 or more.

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How You Can Use Your Reimbursement Benefit

Partial List of Uses

Medicare premiums and cost shares

Supplemental insurance deductibles, co-insurance, co-pays

Vision, dental, hearing care

Over-the-counter and non-formulary drugs (with Rx prescription from doctor)

Medical equipment

Long-term care insurance

Medical expenses associated with nursing or in-home health care services

Other post-65 and pre-65 insurance premiums (if Emeriti coverage is not elected)

NOTE: A wide range of health care expenses are eligible for tax-free reimbursement as long as they satisfy the requirements of Section 213 (d) of the IRS Code.

Emeriti Reimbursement Form available on MyEmeritiBenefits.org

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Who Can Use Your Reimbursement Benefits

Available for You & Your Dependents

Participant’s dependents include:

Spouse (pre- or post-65)

Domestic partner (pre- or post-65) depending on your plan

Dependent children (before majority, to age 26)

Permanently disabled children

Dependent relatives depending on your plan

Consult your summary plan description for details

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Status of Services Commitments: 2012 to 2013

• Improved Emeriti Service Center: 9am – 5:30pm ET 1-866-EMERITI

• Dedicated Emeriti representatives

• Improved warm transfers

• Enhanced reimbursement benefit options:

• Manual claims can be submitted via direct mail, fax, or uploaded to participant benefits dashboard, starting in January

• New debit card option in development for 2013

• Online participant dashboard:

• At-a-glance summary of Health Account activity, insurance plan information, and reimbursement benefit transactions.

• Quarterly statements:

• Investment statement from TIAA-CREF

• Health insurance and reimbursement benefit statement from Savitz

• Enhanced menu of investment funds and institutional Microsites:

• Proprietary and non-proprietary fund choices

• Microsites in development for 2013

• Improved suite of life-stage communications for participants:

• Retired participants

• Participants nearing retirement

• Younger active participants – in development for 2013

• Improved ACH savings opportunity from personal bank accounts:

• Recurring and periodic lump sum savings option – in development for 2013

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Investment Options in 2013

CORE

FUNDS

CORE

PLUS

FUNDS

TIAA-CREF

Lifecycle Funds

(Retirement Class)

• Lifecycle funds

• Asset diversification among asset classes

• Automatic rebalancing

TIAA-CREF

Money Market Fund

(Retirement Class)

• A money market mutual fund

• Seeks to assure the value of your investment at $1 per share

Additional Mutual

Funds – based on institution’s election

• Some TIAA-CREF proprietary funds

• Some non-proprietary funds from other mutual fund families

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WAYS TO GET

MORE INFORMATION

Call toll-free:

1-866-EMERITI

(1-866-363-7484)

Monday – Friday

9:00AM to 5:30PM (ET)

Scheduled annually on campus, these workshops provide you with details about your

Emeriti Health Account,

Insurance Plan Options, and the Emeriti

Reimbursement Benefit.

Two different print and electronic statements that detail your Health

Account investments, as well as your Health

Insurance and

Reimbursement Benefit transactions.

An at-a-glance benefits website with access to information about your

Emeriti Health Account balances, Health Insurance

Plan Options, and

Reimbursement Benefit transactions.

MyEmeritiBenefits.org.

Using TIAA-CREFs secure website, you can check your

Emeriti Health Account balance any time.

Visit tiaa-cref.org to log in.

The Emeriti website contains information about each component of the Program, as well as Medicare update, the

QME form, a premium rate guide, and other important information.

Visit EmeritiHealth.org.

An easy-to-use online resource for benefits and health information.

Check your insurance claims, find a doctor, order prescriptions online, and access information about eligible health expenses.

Visit EmeritiHealth.org and click on the Online

Participant Services button.

As you near age 65, Emeriti mails insurance age-in retirement kit to your home. You may also request a kit at any time.

Once you are enrolled, retiree annual insurance enrollment kits are also mailed to your residence.

Various materials to inform and educate you about the Emeriti

Program throughout your working years and into retirement.

A Plan-level microsite for you to access investment information, including prospectuses, fund fact sheets, and performance reports.

This Program feature is currently in development.

Details forthcoming.

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How to Use the Emeriti Service Center

1-866-Emeriti

Thank you for calling Emeriti

Please listen carefully, as our menu has changed.

YOU WILL HAVE 3 CHOICES

For questions about the Emeriti

Reimbursement

Benefit, press 2

For assistance with Annual

Enrollment, press 1

Savitz

Rep

For information about

Annual Enrollment and questions about Emeriti

Health Insurance, press 1

To speak with an Aetna or

HealthPartners representative about your benefits or an existing insurance claim, press 2

Press 1 for an Aetna representative, press 2 for a

HealthPartners representative

Aetna Rep HP Rep

Savitz Rep

For questions about

Emeriti Health Account balances and investments, press 3

TIAA-CREF Rep

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TIAA-CREF Quarterly Statement

Savitz Quarterly Statement – when you terminate

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TIAA-CREF.org

Online Account Details

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Register

View Health Account, Health Insurance, and Reimbursement

Benefit Information

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Emeriti Program Fees

Your employer may cover all or some portion of the service fees. Check with your institution’s benefit administrator if you are uncertain.

Monthly Participant Fees

Fees

Emeriti

TIAA-CREF

Savitz

Actives

$5.00

$ .67

$1.00

Retirees*

$5.00

$ .67

$6.00

Investment management fees are variable by selected mutual funds (see prospectuses)

*Also applies to vested terminated employees

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Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions provided this information and is responsible for its content.

Emeriti, TIAA-CREF, Savitz, Aetna Life Insurance Company, and HealthPartners are independent corporations and are not legally affiliated.

The retirement healthcare program is offered by the employer. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) will provide services to the plan and make available investment options. TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB provides investment management and trust services.

Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions is not an insurance company, insurance broker or insurance provider.

Summary Plan Description (SPD)

This presentation is intended to provide you with a brief summary of some of the details of your Employer’s Emeriti Plan and the Emeriti

Program. For a full summary of the terms of your Employer’s Emeriti Plan you must consult the SPD, which will be provided to you upon enrollment or upon request.

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Investment Adviser Status

Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions is a registered investment adviser for purposes of selecting the range of investment options for the Emeriti Program, selecting the investment manager for employer and voluntary employee contributions, and providing these and other impersonal educational materials to plan participants. Emeriti does not provide advice to participants about their individual investment selections.

The participation interests in the voluntary employee contribution VEBA trusts associated with the Emeriti plans (the “Interests”) may be treated as securities under various state securities laws. The offering of these Interests is subject to compliance with any applicable state law. For residents of Georgia, the Interests are being offered in reliance on paragraph 13 of Code Section 10-5-9 of the Georgia Securities Act of 1973, as amended (the “Georgia Act”). The Interests may not be sold or transferred except in a transaction which is exempt under the Georgia Act or pursuant to an effective registration under the Georgia Act.

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Addendum

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Four Components of Part D Benefit

Deductible

You pay first

$325 as deductible

Initial Coverage

Period

You pay 25% of drug costs

Coverage Gap

You pay 97.5% of brand drugs

You pay 79% of generic drugs

Catastrophic

Coverage

You pay 5%

Greater of $2.65 or 5% for covered generic.

• Greater of $6.60 or 5% for all other drugs.

You reach the Coverage Gap at $2,970 in total Part D covered drug expenditures (includes plan deductible, your costs and plan costs in the Initial Coverage Period).

You reach Catastrophic Coverage at $4,750 in true out-of-pocket costs.

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Emeriti Group Medical Plan Options in 2013

Underwritten by Aetna

Aetna Traditional Choice

$200 Deductible

Aetna Supplemental

Retiree Medical Plan L*

$0 Deductible

Aetna Supplemental

Retiree Medical Plan K*

$0 Deductible

20% coinsurance

25% coinsurance 50% coinsurance

$1,250 out-of-pocket limit

$2,330 out-of-pocket limit

(subject to change based on 2013

CMS guidelines )

$4,660 out-of-pocket limit

(subject to change based on 2013

CMS guidelines)

100% preventive care covered by Medicare

After plan deductible is satisfied, plan payment in full on

Medicare eligible costs.

Age banded

100% preventive care covered by Medicare

Payment based on the balance after

Medicare’s payment.

Age banded

100% preventive care covered by Medicare

NOTES: The ESA-PPO Plan has the same benefits as the In-Network PPO Plan.

Aetna’s GMS Plans A and L will be offered in Florida in place of SRM Plans K and L.

*For 2013, the SRM Plans are not available in VT, MN, and America Samoa.

Payment based on the balance after

Medicare’s payment.

Age banded

Aetna Medicare Advantage -

PPO/ESA-PPO

$300 Deductible in-network

$500 Deductible out-of-network

15% coinsurance (in-network)

25% coinsurance (out-of-network)

$2,750 out-of-pocket limit (in-network)

$5,500 out-of-pocket (out-of-network)

100% preventive care covered by the Plan

Payment based on total

Aetna allowable cost.

Community rated

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Retiree Cost Share for Typical Doctor’s Visit Bill of $100

Trad. Choice SRMP L SRMP K MA-PPO/ESA

Charge

Medicare Pays

Aetna Pays

You Pay

$100

$80

$20

$0

$100

$80

$15

$5

$100

$80

$10

$10

NOTE: Illustration assumes any annual plan deductibles have already been satisfied for the plan year.

$100

$0

$85

$15

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Standard Medicare Part D in 2013

Deductible

YOU PAY FIRST

$325 AS

DEDUCTIBLE

Initial Coverage

Period

PLAN PAYS 75%

OF DRUG COSTS

($1983.75)

Coverage Gap

YOU PAY 97.5%

OF BRAND

DRUGS AND 79%

OF GENERIC

DRUGS

($3763.75)

Catastrophic

Coverage

PLAN PAYS 95%

YOU PAY 25% OF

DRUG COSTS

($661.25)

You reach the Coverage Gap at $2,970 in total Part D covered drug expenditures (includes plan deductible, your costs and plan costs in the Initial Coverage Period).

You reach Catastrophic Coverage at $4,750 in true out-of-pocket costs. This threshold includes plan deductible, your 25% cost share during Initial Coverage Period, and your

97.5% cost share for brand drugs and 79% cost share for generic drugs in the Coverage Gap.

YOU PAY 5%

* Greater of $2.65 or 5% for covered generic (including brand drugs treated as generic) drugs.

Greater of $6.60 or 5% for all other drugs.

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Rx Coverage Remains Unchanged in 2013

Underwritten by Aetna

Rx Low Plan

Standard Formulary

$325 deductible

Initial Cov Limit Retail:

15% - 30%

Coverage Gap: no coverage*

Catastrophic Cov: 95% coverage

Step therapy required for some drugs

Geographically rated

Rx Mid Plan

Open Formulary

$100 deductible

Initial Cov Limit Retail

15% - 30% - 50%

Coverage Gap: generic coverage only*

Catastrophic Cov: 95% coverage

Step therapy required for some drugs

Geographically rated

Rx High Plan

Open Formulary

$100 deductible

Initial Cov Limit and Coverage Gap Retail

15% - 30% - 40%

Coverage Gap: full coverage

Catastrophic Cov: 100% coverage

No Step therapy required

Geographically rated

*Participant has 79% cost sharing limit on generic drugs in Coverage Gap (Rx Low Plan), and 2.5% plan cost sharing on brand drugs in the Coverage Gap (Rx Mid Plan and Rx Low Plan).

NOTES: Members who use Aetna’s Rx Home delivery Mail Order Drug (MOD) program will pay a reduced percentage of the negotiated cost of the drug as compared to retail.

The Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program provides a 50% manufacturer discount on brand drugs in the Coverage Gap for all Rx plans for participants not already receiving “Extra Help.”

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CMS 21% Mandate in the Coverage Gap

For generic drugs in the Gap (one month supply obtained at in-network retail pharmacy):

Sample Generic - $30

Your Cost Share

You Pay

Rx Low Plan

79%

$23.70

Rx Mid Plan

15%

$4.50

Rx-High Plan

15%

$4.50

All costs above are illustrative. Table reflects cost sharing between plan Initial Coverage Limit and TrOOP threshold for members not eligible for low income cost sharing subsidies .

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CMS 2.5% Mandate in the Coverage Gap

For eligible brand drugs in the Gap (one month supply obtained at in-network retail pharmacy):

Sample Brand - $100

(Preferred Brand)

Rx Low Plan Rx Mid Plan Rx High Plan

Pharma Cost Share 50% Manufacturer

Discount on total cost of drug

50% Manufacturer

Discount on total cost of drug

50% Manufacturer

Discount on total cost of drug

Plan Cost Share

Your Cost Share

You Pay

2.5% of $100 total drug cost

47.5%

$47.50

2.5% of $100 total drug cost

47.5%

$47.50

Plan pays balance, after your

30% cost share

30% of total drug cost

$30

All costs above are illustrative. Table reflects cost sharing between plan Initial Coverage Limit and TrOOP threshold for members not eligible for low-income cost sharing subsidies. There is also a dispensing fee.

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Aetna Dental Coverage in 2013

Dental Design

Preventive Service Coverage

Annual Deductible (basic and major services)

Basic Services Coverage

(e.g. fillings, standard crowns, extractions)

Major Services Coverage

(e.g. root canal therapy, surgical removals, dentures)

Annual Benefit Maximum

100%

$100

50%

50%

$1,500

Rate Structure Community rated

NOTES:

1.Twelve month waiting period applies, but may be waived with evidence of continuing coverage.

2.One-time only opt-in opportunity.

3.Dental is only available when you enroll in a combination Medical/Rx coverage, or elect the stand-alone Rx Low Plan

4. Please note: in the states of CA, OR, WA*, the stand-alone Dental plan may be elected if the participant is enrolled in a Kaiser

Permanente MAPD Plan, and with evidence of existing coverage.

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