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Eligibility

You are eligible to be covered by the UFT Welfare Fund Benefits Plan for Retirees if all of the following criteria are met...

Cost Care Program

The Cost Care Program allows members and their dependents to obtain medication in a cost-effective manner, while maximizing the resources available to the Fund.

Retail pharmacy program

In order for you to obtain prescription drugs at a participating pharmacy, simply present the prescription and your UFT Welfare Fund/ESI Prescription Drug Identification (ID) Card to the pharmacist.

Mandatory maintenance drug program

Maintenance medications (those taken regularly over an extended period) cannot be filled in monthly quantities after they have been filled three (3) times (original prescription plus two (2) refills), regardless of the number of refills indicated on...

Special coordination of benefits for the dental plan

Members and their spouse or domestic partner who are also members are entitled to Special Coordination of Benefits (SCOB) when the Scheduled Benefit Plan covers both.