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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear OEBB Benefits Administrators, Superintendents, and Business Managers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are very excited to announce the
<b>NEW <a href="CompareOEBBplans.com">OEBB Online Plan Comparison Tool</a></b>! <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="CompareOEBBplans.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="588" height="250" style="width:6.125in;height:2.6in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D99AC5.F6D50250"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This easy-to-use digital tool will replace the (very large) paper plan comparisons we’ve printed and mailed to homes in the past.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year, the Open Enrollment packet we mail to members August 1<sup>st</sup> will contain just their personalized cover letter showing the plans available to them with URLs
to online information and resources. The letter will direct them to this new online plan comparison tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Customize which plans and benefits are visible!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This new tool allows you to hide any plans and benefits you wish so you can focus on just the things that are important to you and easily see them side-by-side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">PRINT your customized view if you’d like!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> No more huge sheets with all the plans spread
out over multiple pages. You can see just what you want to see – either on screen or on paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The tool can be accessed directly at:
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.compareOEBBplans.com/">CompareOEBBplans.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There is also a link on the OEBB
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/Plans-Offered.aspx">Plan Designs and Rates page</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="342" height="362" style="width:3.5666in;height:3.775in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D99AC5.F6D50250"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We also have a Spanish version of the tool in the works, and a few other improvements to help members better understand their choices. We’ll let you know as new tools become
available – stay tuned! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We’re thrilled to introduce this new tool. We expect it to help you and your employees compare plans much more easily!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please
<a href="mailto:oebb.benefits@odhsoha.oregon.gov">let us know</a> if you have any feedback about it, or if there’s more we can do to help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Jackie Cowsill
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">OEBB Communications Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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