Your default coverage is the Alcatel-Lucent health and welfare benefits coverage you and your covered dependent(s) will be automatically enrolled in for 2016 if you do not take any action during the annual open enrollment period. Because your default coverage for 2016 may in some cases be different than your 2015 coverage, it is your responsibility to confirm that your 2016 default coverage shown on the YBR website during the annual open enrollment period is the coverage that you want for 2016.
You can find your default coverage on the YBR website. This information is available to view on the YBR website from Monday, September 28, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., ET, through Friday, October 30, 2015 at 5:00 p.m., ET, when the annual open enrollment period ends.
If you would like to have a record of your default coverage sent to you, please follow the instructions outlined in “New Process for Requesting Copies of Annual Open Enrollment Information by Telephone” in the “What's Changing for 2016” section.
Do You Need to Take Action?
You may already be enrolled in the right coverage for yourself and your family and may not need to take any action during the annual open enrollment period. However, you will need to take action to:
If you do not take action during the annual open enrollment period, you will receive the default coverage shown on the YBR website during the annual open enrollment period.
2Make sure your dependents are eligible under Alcatel-Lucent’s eligibility rules before you add them to your coverage. You can view eligibility rules on the YBR website or the BenefitAnswers Plus website. You will be asked to verify the eligibility of the dependent(s) you enroll for coverage.
1Includes active employees; employees on a leave of absence (LOA), Short Term Disability (STD) or workers' compensation; and COBRA participants.