5 CTPF 2027 MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE HANDBOOK HEALTH INSURANCE CHECKUP It’s important to keep your legal name up-to-date with both the Social Security Administration (SSA) and CTPF. Your legal name is the name on your birth certificate unless your name changed due to marriage, divorce, or by legal decree. Even if you do not receive SSA benefits, the SSA supplies Medicare with the name on your Medicare ID card. Make sure you use your legal name when you complete CTPF health insurance forms. Enrollment problems can occur if the name on your Medicare card does not match the name on file with CTPF. Enrollment What’s in a (legal) name? Open Enrollment The annual Open Enrollment Period for the CTPF health insurance program runs from October 1 - October 31, 2026. During Open Enrollment, you may enroll in a CTPF health insurance plan for the first time, change a health insurance plan or carrier, exercise your one-time Opt-In option, or add a dependent to a health plan. Changes made during this period become effective on January 1, 2027. Enrollment Forms Complete CTPF Form 350 (included in the center of this handbook or download at www.ctpf.org). The AARP Medicare Supplement Plan F (UnitedHealthcare) with Express Scripts by Evernorth Health Services® (PDP) for CTPF Medicare Supplement plan requires an additional form. See the instructions in “How to Enroll” on the plan charts. You must provide proof of Medicare enrollment before enrolling in a CTPF health insurance plan. Acceptable proof includes: • a copy of the Medicare card, or • an award letter with Medicare number from the Social Security Administration verifying enrollment with effective dates. Return all completed enrollment forms and required documentation to CTPF. Forms returned to an insurance carrier will not be processed. Email or Fax Preferred CTPF encourages members to submit forms by fax or email if possible. Send forms and documents by fax to 1-312-641-7185 or email an attachment (.pdf or .jpg format) to imaging@ctpf.org. U.S. Mail If you cannot send in forms by fax or email, use the envelope included in the center of this Handbook, and return information to: Health Benefits Department Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund 425 S. Financial Place, Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60605-1000 COBRA Enrollees Members who are Medicare eligible are not eligible for COBRA. If you have questions, please review the Non- Medicare handbook online at www.ctpf.org. ID Cards Health plan enrollees receive health insurance ID cards by mail directly from their health insurance plan provider. ID cards are normally issued at the time of enrollment or when a health plan change is made. If you need a replacement card, contact your health insurance plan provider directly. You can find contact information in the back of this handbook.
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