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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Business Managers, Superintendents & Benefits Administrators:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:red">It’s not too late!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Although the EE Plan Management period for the 2012-13 plan year has ended, you can still set up a Flexible Spending Account with OEBB’s preferred vendor, Chard Snyder, anytime.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some of the benefits of having an FSA with Chard Snyder are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Low fees<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Excellent online tools and support for administrators and members<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Accounts are FDIC-insured<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Flexible plan year - can start October 1, January 1, or any other date you prefer<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Please take a moment to review the attached information about this valuable benefit and consider offering an FSA to your employees through Chard Snyder.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">If you have any questions, or would like to set up an account, please call Jenny Matthews, Chard Snyder’s OEBB Team Leader at 513-754-3141, or send her an e-mail at:
<a href="mailto:jenny.matthews@chard-snyder.com">jenny.matthews@chard-snyder.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">If you would like a representative from Chard Snyder to do a special presentation about their FSA plans at an Open Enrollment meeting or to be available at your Benefits Fair and have not yet scheduled a date
and time, please e-mail Rose Mann at <a href="mailto:rose.mann@state.or.us">rose.mann@state.or.us</a> to request more information about scheduling a meeting as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy">Jackie Cowsill</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy">Communications Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy">Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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