Retired from TRIUMF? Be sure you are familiar with the following information on the retirement health benefits. Your TRIUMF Retiree Benefit Plan Administrator can help you with any questions you may have.
Retiree Benefits
Purchasing individual health insurance products can be expensive. That’s why TRIUMF has arranged a group buying program for retirees so that the cost can be lower than purchasing private insurance, and the coverage can be more comprehensive.
As a convenience for retiring employees, TRIUMF self-administers a heath and dental benefits plan which you have the option of joining. The plan is 100% voluntary, and the premiums are paid 100% by the retiree. Basic details may be found by clicking on the following:
Enrollment Options
You are not required to enroll in all three of the components, however if you choose to enroll in the extended health plan, you must ensure that you have MSP coverage. MSP coverage can be through TRIUMF’s Retiree Group Plan, directly with MSP or with a spouse’s group plan.
Eligibility Requirements
- Individuals are eligible to enroll upon retiring from TRIUMF, or if authorized under an Emeritus agreement from an affiliated institution. You are eligible for retiree coverage the day after coverage terminates under TRIUMF or other private plan for active employees provided that you apply for benefits within 31 days from your date of eligibility.
- You must have current extended health/dental benefits through TRIUMF or another plan.
- Eligible dependants are a spouse (as defined by provincial legislation) and/or dependant children up to age 19, or age 25 if in full-time attendance at a school or university. Your dependants become eligible for coverage on the date you become eligible or the date they first become your dependant, whichever is later. You must apply for coverage for yourself in order for your dependants to eligible.
- If you have extended health and or dental coverage through a spousal or private plan and do not join the Retiree Benefit Plan at the time of your eligibility, you are eligible to apply for future coverage through TRIUMF within 31 days of the other coverage terminating. In this case, a Retiree Benefit Plan Election form must be completed at the time of leaving TRIUMF.
- If you do not join the Retiree Benefit Plan at the time of your eligibility, you are not eligible to apply for future coverage through TRIUMF unless you have similar coverage through a spousal or private plan. You would be eligible to apply for future coverage through TRIUMF within 31 days of the other coverage terminating. In this case, a Retiree Benefit Plan Election form must be completed at the time of leaving TRIUMF.
This is a separate group benefit plan that is independent of the Sun Life benefits you had as a TRIUMF employee; therefore application forms need to be completed if you choose to enroll in any of the Retiree Benefit Plan components.
Retiree Benefits Forms:
- PBC Enrollment Form and Benefit Waiver Details (PDF)
- Application for Change form (PDF)
- Preauthorized Debit Form for Monthly Premium Payment (PDF)
General Claim Submission forms:
PBC Web Site and Member's Access
Dehoney Financial Group Presentation - Dec 1st, 2016 Renewal Review and Info
If you are already enrolled in the Pacific Blue Cross Extended Health Plan:
In most cases, drug coverage and reimbursement is based on the current eligible and non-eligble pharmacare drugs requiring a legal prescription. You can determine if your drug is Pharmacare eiligible or non-eligible by entering the DIN (Drug Identification Number) in this handy online search tool. Your physician or pharmacist can also help you identify a covered drug prior to purchase. Pharmacare Drug Formulary - Look up for Eligibility of Drug Coverage.
Your TRIUMF Retiree Benefit Plan Administrator:
Vivian Tang
Workday Payroll and Benefits Analyst
Email: vtang@triumf.ca
TRIUMF Alumni and Retiree Association (TARA)
The TRIUMF Alumni and Retirees Association (TARA), was formed in 2009 as a means of expanding the TRIUMF community by formally recognizing those who have worked at TRIUMF and have been part of its success.
The TARA website has been designed not only to facilitate membership application, but to allow members to stay in contact with each other, to view membership benefits, to apply for volunteer opportunities at TRIUMF, to preview event calendars, register for events, and to keep up-to-date on TRIUMF's initiatives and successes.
For retiring employees, the minumum criterion for membership in TARA is to have spent at least three years with TRIUMF.