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Monthly Premium Rates for Active Members
life plus premiums
A premium of 3.5% of salary paid by the employer, includes a bundle of benefits some of which are taxable to the employee. Please use the Taxable Benefit Calculation worksheet to determine the amount for which with holdings must be taken. Note that the amount is changing for 2023 and your calculation will need to be updated.
The benefits included in the bundle are:
- life insurance
- accidental death and dismemberment
- dependent life insurance
- short term disability
- long term disability
- supplemental pay while on maternity or parental leave
- employee and family assistance (short term counselling)
2023 health module premiums
ELCIC Group Benefits Health Module Monthly Premium Rates for 2023
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2022 health module premiums
ELCIC Group Benefits Health Module Monthly Premium Rates for 2022
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Here is a chart with the dollar differences between the modules to assist in budgeting and decision making.
Note that the budget for the spending accounts is included in the premiums.
- It’s a group plan
- the concept of a health plan is that everyone shares in the cost.
- ELCIC is a national organization.
- Health is not tied to a region
- across the ELCIC there are members who use the benefits heavily and those who rarely make a claim. Some members have very expensive needs and other health concerns that can be resolved with a minimal cost. These dynamics are not necessarily tied to regions.
- Provincial government medical plans are sometimes the first payer.
- GSI recognizes that for certain types of health claims, Manulife is the second payer after a provincial health plan. These provincial plans vary, and therefore the cost to the plan may have different experiences by province. However, as we move to more co-pay, pooling underwriting for large claims, and spending accounts, those differences are reduced.
- Group size
- The ELCIC population is shrinking. As we do so, it becomes more challenging to accurately provide reasonable rates based on the individual claims experience. This is particularly challenging with the small groups that result from every province having separate rates.
- New Design
- The increased flexibility for members and congregations in selecting the type of plan that is most suited to their needs means that it is more practical to group rates according to like-design options rather than by region.
Previously, age 65+plan members were excluded from the travel health benefit. GSI is working towards eliminating age and class discrimination in the plan designs wherever possible. GSI was able to negotiate including the travel benefit for all active plan members, and therefore the 65+ premium rates are now consistent with the underage 65 members.
The base premium is the same for Ontario and Quebec as it is for the other provinces. However, in Ontario and Quebec, there are significant additional taxes applicable to premiums that cannot be shared with the other regions.