My spouse will reach age 65 before me, how does that effect my spouse’s health care coverage through the Conference?
If you are an active clergy person, contact the Conference Benefits Office immediately. If you are retired: The Conference’s Health Care plan will become the spouse’s secondary carrier. Medicare becomes the primary payer of health care coverage. Medicare will take the primary financial responsibility from the Conference and the Conference’s plan will coordinate benefits as a secondary carrier. 35. The Conference’s Health Care Benefit Plan after the age of 65 is a secondary policy, what is the difference between a secondary policy and a supplemental policy? When the Conference’s Plan benefits are secondary, benefits will be paid to the extent of the difference between the benefit amount under both Parts A & B of Medicare and the dollar amount of benefits that would have been paid under the Plan had the person not become eligible for Medicare. A secondary policy provides coverage to the limits of the plan and then subtracts the primary carrier payment (if any). The plan will determine wh
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