Employee Benefit Trust


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Our health benefits give you choices

Our health plans are designed just for municipalities. We offer one-stop shopping for all your health care needs. You get flexibility, comprehensive coverage, and differing levels of premium costs to fit your budget. All our benefits come standard with an outstanding commitment to customer service.

We cover


Medical

We offer a variety of medical plans to meet the needs of employers and employees.

Regence BlueShield/Asuris Northwest Health
Kaiser Permanente

Dental

Delta Dental
Willamette Dental

Vision

Vision plan choices with different employee out of pocket costs, and several buy-up options.

Life insurance

In addition to basic life insurance coverage, we offer AD&D, dependent life, and additional life insurance for employees and spouses.

Long-term disability

LTD design options to meet your need to protect employees should they become disabled or unable to work for an extended time.

Long-term care

New! Find out about the Trust’s new long-term care offering starting October 1, 2021.

We provide


Health promotion

The resources, tools and support to help create an exemplary worksite health promotion program.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The EAP is so much more than just counseling. It provides access to a bevy of services, including onsite trainings, supervisory support, phone support, and a robust website.

Tax-favored account administration

Tax-favored account administration for Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and Health Savings Accounts (HSA).

Health Central

The health and benefits portal for employees to access health and benefits information.

My Health Benefit packets for employees

We provide a folder with the Trust’s benefit options. Employers can print it, or request printed versions. Use it alone, or incorporate additional employer information for new employees.

Federally mandated mailings

The Trust takes care of mailing many federally-mandated notifications for you. After careful review by Trust attorneys, these notifications are sent to your covered employees at their home. Employees also receive other informational home mailings.

Our strength is our outstanding customer service

Staff answers questions and offers support for you or your employees regarding benefit issues.

We insure


Public employees & eligible family members

Find out who is eligible to be covered on Trust health plans.

Retirees

Eligible retirees have access to medical and dental coverage, including Health Central and health promotion resources. With several retiree options, it’s a great benefit of membership.

COBRA

The Trust contracts for COBRA benefit administration, including notification/enrollment tracking and billing those who elect COBRA coverage.

LEOFF l's

LEOFF 1 employees and LEOFF 1 retirees have access to robust health coverage that protects employers from most large out of pocket claim costs.

Elected officials

Special eligibility criteria for elected official benefits coverage.

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