{"id":133,"date":"2022-09-30T18:30:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2025-05-16T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:55:32","slug":"employee-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/employee-health-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Insurance for Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health Plans<\/h2>\n<p>The medical plans offered by ACC are provided through the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS). Most employees have a choice of two comprehensive medical plans that cover preventive care, doctor visits, hospital care, and prescription drugs.&nbsp;Your ERS medical coverage also includes $5,000 of Basic Life insurance and Accidental Death &amp; Dismemberment coverage. <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/healthselect-of-texas-and-consumer-directed-healthselect\/\">Read about the HealthSelect of Texas plans<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/employee-health-plan-premium-rates-fact-sheets\/\">information about health plan premiums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dental Insurance<\/h2>\n<p>Employees may elect dental coverage for themselves or eligible benefits. See details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/dental-insurance\/\">Dental Insurance for Employees<\/a> webpage. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vision Insurance<\/h2>\n<p>ERS medical plans cover one vision screening per year for each participant.&nbsp;You may enroll in an optional <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/vision-insurance-for-employees\/\">vision benefit plan<\/a> through ERS to receive benefits for eyewear, contacts, and other vision care needs. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Plans The medical plans offered by ACC are provided through the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS). Most employees have a choice of two comprehensive medical plans that cover preventive care, doctor visits, hospital &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/employee-health-insurance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}