Overview of benefits, health plans, and more.
Benefits open enrollment Your annual opportunity to completely customize your benefits for the year ahead.
Decision time: April 22 - May 3
Changes take effect: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
Open enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity to make certain benefits changes:
- Change health insurance plans
- Enroll in a flexible spending account (and re-enroll if you had one this year)
- Add more coverage from our overall benefits package
Choosing the right health insurance and other plans that are best for your unique needs is an important decision, so now is the time to learn more about all your options. Watch this video to learn some of the basics about each plan.
How to change your benefits
New this year! Enroll or make changes with the myUK mobile app.
You can also log into myUK on your desktop:
- Log in to myuk.uky.edu with your linkblue ID and password
- Click the Employee Self Service tab
- Click Benefits and Payment
- To see all your current coverage and levels, click Participation Overview and to change your benefits, click Open Enrollment.
Open Enrollment is available as an option in the list from April 22 - May 3.
If you need a paper option, use our forms which you can email, fax or bring to Scovell Hall.
Need help? Connect with us.
To help you explore and understand your options, you can connect with us in several ways:
- Contact our HR Benefits team at 859-257-9519, option 3, or benefits@uky.edu with questions. We are offering extended hours by phone until 7 p.m. through May 3.
- If you need additional support after a call, our Benefits team can schedule you for a 15-minute individual consultation to better understand all our health insurance plan options. Call 859-257-9519, option 3, to learn more.
- Attend a webinar to learn more about health insurance and other benefits available. These are limited to 500 attendees, but a recording will be available on this web page.
- Friday, April 19, noon to 1 p.m.: Watch replay
- Tuesday, April 23, 3-4 p.m.: Click here to register.
- Attend an open house, either in person or virtually, where you can meet with representatives from HR Benefits as well as vendors for dental, vision and other benefit plans. Here is our in-person and virtual open house schedule:
Wednesday, April 17
Virtual open house
Noon to 1 p.m.
Click here to RSVP
Monday, April 22
Gatton Student Center, Grand Ballroom C
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23
Chandler Hospital, Pavilion A Atrium
8-11 a.m.
Wednesday, April 24
Virtual open house
Noon to 1 p.m.
Click here to RSVP
2317 Alumni Park Plaza, Room B010
1-3 p.m.
Thursday, April 25
Peterson Service Building
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, April 26
Good Samaritan Hospital, A/B Conference Room
Noon to 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30
UK HealthCare Turfland Clinic, Conference Room T2121
8-10 a.m.
Chandler Hospital, Pavilion A Atrium
Noon to 3 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1
Eastern State Hospital, Main Conference Room
8-10 a.m.
Coldstream Research Campus, Conference Room 101
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday, May 3
E.S. Good Barn, Gorham Hall
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
UK HealthCare is expanding access to care
We know access to care is an important factor in choosing a health insurance plan. UK HealthCare is moving quickly to provide additional primary care locations throughout the region, including UK HealthCare-Hamburg opening in May, as well as clinics planned in Frankfort and Richmond scheduled to open this year.
Learn more about these clinics plus other ways you can receive care on UK health insurance
2024 - 2025 rates
To address rising health care costs happening nationwide and bring our plans in line with the true cost of insuring our faculty and staff, UK will increase its budget for employee health insurance by more than $40 million this year to help minimize the impact to our employees. UK will continue to cover as much as 94% of the true cost of employee-only coverage on the HMO and Saver plans.
Monthly premiums for employees will also increase this year, including smaller increases to our HMO and Saver plans. We are happy to share there are no increases to the monthly rates for dental or vision insurance this year.
| Coverage level | Total monthly cost* | UK pays | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee only | $776 | $736 | $40 |
| Employee + children | $1,145 | $986 | $159 |
| Employee + spouse | $1,511 | $1,216 | $295 |
| Employee + family | $1,874 | $1,442 | $432 |
| Coverage level | Total monthly cost* | UK pays | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee only | $781 | $736 | $45 |
| Employee + children | $1,152 | $986 | $166 |
| Employee + spouse | $1,512 | $1,216 | $296 |
| Employee + family | $1,872 | $1,442 | $430 |
| Coverage level | Total monthly cost* | UK pays | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee only | $810 | $736 | $74 |
| Employee + children | $1,208 | $986 | $222 |
| Employee + spouse | $1,592 | $1,216 | $376 |
| Employee + family | $1,974 | $1,442 | $532 |
| Coverage level | Total monthly cost* | UK pays | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee only | $848 | $736 | $112 |
| Employee + children | $1,265 | $986 | $279 |
| Employee + spouse | $1,669 | $1,216 | $453 |
| Employee + family | $2,093 | $1,442 | $651 |
| Coverage level | Total monthly cost* | UK pays | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee only | $1,083 | $736 | $347 |
| Employee + children | $1,627 | $986 | $641 |
| Employee + spouse | $2,170 | $1,216 | $954 |
| Employee + family | $2,715 | $1,442 | $1,273 |
Decision 1: Do you want to change or add any insurance?
The cost of insurance typically changes every year and the new rates take effect on July 1. You get this news during open enrollment so you can use it to inform your decisions.
Decision 2: Do you want to add or re-enroll in a flexible spending account?
FSA for dependent care
Deposit up to $5,000 to spend on eligible child care and elder care expenses.
FSA for health care
Deposit up to $3,050 to spend on eligible medical expenses.
New FSA vendor coming July 1
Coming July 1, TASC will be our new vendor for flexible spending accounts. If you have money to roll over to the new plan year beginning July 1, any funds with our previous vendor will roll over to TASC.
TASC will also offer more card features to pay both health and dependent care expenses.
Decision 3: Do you want to add more coverage from your benefits package?
Unless you have a qualifying event, you can only add and change most of these benefits during open enrollment. However, you can decrease life insurance at any time.
Outside vendors manage these benefits. Click below for more information.
