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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear Business Managers, Superintendents & Benefits Administrators:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is performing a research project focused on determining whether employees with benefits available through the Oregon Educators
Benefit Board (OEBB) are selecting the medical plan that best meets their and their families’ needs. To help MIT make the most complete and comprehensive analysis of past and current “choices,” we need to once again ask for your help.
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">The following survey was designed to gather information on how entity benefit contributions can be used by employees.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">We know that contribution amounts and application of the entity contribution may be different for different groups of employees within an entity. If this is the case, please complete one
survey for each employee group. If all employee groups have the same contribution amount and options, you need only complete one survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MITHSA">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MITHSA</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Thank you in advance for taking your time to complete this survey, or surveys
<b>before close-of-business Friday, September 27</b>. We realize this is a very busy time of year for everyone. The results of this study will be invaluable in understanding how OEBB members make their plan choices and what OEBB can do to help employees decide
which medical plan best meets their and their families’ needs and is the best use of their entity contribution toward that coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">If you have questions about this survey, you can send an email to
<a href="mailto:denise.hall@state.or.us">denise.hall@state.or.us</a> and/or <a href="mailto:jackie.cowsill@state.or.us">
jackie.cowsill@state.or.us</a>, or you can call 888-469-6322 and ask to speak with me, Denise Hall, personally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Thank you again for your assistance with this project.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:navy">Denise L. Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">Denise L. Hall, Deputy Administrator</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A">Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">http://egov.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:red">OEBB encourages all members to stay healthy and be happy!!!! Pass it on.....
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/pages/welllinks.aspx"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#9933FF">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/pages/welllinks.aspx</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#9933FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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