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Employee Benefits Newsletters

2020

Fall

  • 2021 Open Enrollment
  • How to Make Benefits Changes
  • Voluntary Benefits Solutions
  • Charitable Giving Campaign
  • Be Aware of How Your Plan Works
  • Understanding the Primary Care Physician (PCP)
  • Preventing the Flu is More Important Than Ever
  • Your Prescriptions by Mail
  • Avoid Headline-driven Investment Decisions
  • How to Protect Yourself and Others from Illness

Summer

  • How to Protect Yourself and Others from Illness
  • Safeguard Your Mental Health While Quarantined
  • Stay the Course
  • There's an app for that!
  • Health Screening Benefit
  • Tips for a Comfortable and Productive Day

Spring

  • Keeping it Together
  • Health Fairs May 2020 - Jumpstart Your Health
  • Spend Your FSA Balance by March 15
  • Increase in Deferred Compensation Contribution Limits
  • Preventing Illness
  • Voluntary Benefits

Winter

  • Reminders!
  • Life is a Journey and the New Employee Assistance Program Can Help
  • 2020 Wellness Calendar
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
  • What is a PCP
  • Your Health Insurance Card
  • Update Your Beneficiaries
  • Commuter Benefit

2019

Fall 

  • Open Enrollment October 1-31
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Deferred Compensation
  • October Open Enrollment Informational Events
  • Blue Distinction
  • Flu Vaccination
  • Charitable Giving Campaign
  • Wags to Reduce Eyestrain
  • Living365

Summer

  • New Voluntary Benefits Offerings
  • Health Care FSA - ConnectYourCare
  • Play It Safe This Summer
  • Cook County Health Fairs
  • Blue Access for Members

Spring 

  • Spend Your FSA Balance by March 15
  • Do You Need Form 1095 for Tax Day?
  • Encompass Healthy Lifestyles
  • Compare Drug Costs with CVS Caremark
  • It Takes 2 Months to Change Your Life
  • National Wear Red Day
  • CPR-AED Training
  • Take the Health Assessment

Winter

  • Changes In The New Year
  • 2019 Wellness Wednesday Calendar
  • Open Enrollment Recap
  • Indoors and Out: Stay Well this winter
  • The Spirit of Giving - Holiday Food Drive

2018

Fall

  • Open Enrollment - October 1-31
  • New in 2019
  • Open Enrollment Events
  • HMO vs. PPO
  • The Pros of Having a Primary Care Physician
  • Don't Let the Flu Sneak Up on You
  • Health Insurance Waste, Fraud & Abuse: Be Part of the Solution
  • Employee Feature: Gloria Hurt - Cook County Corrections

Summer

  • Nominate Your Dentist for Network Status
  • New Self-Service System Puts You in Charge
  • Health Fairs
  • 8 Summer Tips That Can Keep You Out of the Emergency Room
  • Saving Money Feels Great – Fitness Program

Spring

  • FSA Spring Cleaning
  • Upgrade to the New myCYC Today
  • Go Red for Women's Heart Health
  • Cook County Health Fairs
  • Lost or Need a Replacement ID Card
  • Life Insurance Beneficiary
  • Health Benefits News
  • Save $25 Now When You Join a Fitness Program

2017

Winter

  • Changes before the New Year
  • New for 2018
  • Open Enrollment – A Look Back
  • Are you a member of the MyHealth Connections Facebook community?
  • The 10-Day Healthy Holiday Challenge
  • Employee Focus: Aren Kriks – Forest Preserves of Cook County

Fall

  • Change is Coming!
  • Open Enrollment is October 2-31
  • Attend an Open Enrollment Event
  • STEP ERP Project Brings Changes for 2018
  • Feel Free in the Forest Preserves of Cook County
  • Apps-solutely Worth a Try
  • Flu Shots at CVS

Summer

  • Health Fairs Roundup:  A Ticket To Your Well-Being
  • Summer Safety
  • Did You Know That…
  • New Way To Manage Your Diabetes
  • HR/Payroll System Conversion
  • Well onTarget

Spring

  • FSA balance: Use It or Lose It
  • Focus on Wellness
  • March kickoff: MyHealth Connections focus on financial well-being
  • Health Fairs: A Ticket To Your Well-Being
  • Did you know about the Wellness webpage on ?
  • Fitness Program Enrollment Special Has Been Extended
  • Test Your Benefits IQ
  • Spring into MyHealth Connections
  • Menopause vs. Manopause
  • Dental Health

2016

Winter

  • By the numbers: Cook County's first paperless Open Enrollment
  • Don't let the Grinch steal your FSA funds
  • A life-change change choice: Updating your beneficiaries
  • Healthy Holiday Eating
  • Is there a patient in the house
  • Employee focus: Rochelle Gant (Provident Hospital
  • Vaccinate Against the Flu

Fall

  • 2017 Open Enrollment
  • Attend an Open Enrollment Informational Event
  • Cook County Risk Management Launches Employee Wellness Survey
  • Apps on the Go
  • Employee Focus: Monica Owens
  • Flu Shots at CVS

Summer 

  • FSA Store – The One-Stop-Shop for All Things FSA
  • Health Fairs: A Ticket to a Healthier You
  • Employee Focus - Christine Clarahan/Juvenile Temporary Detention Center
  • Coming Soon…Paperless Online Open Enrollment
  • Bug Off! The Zika Virus Makes Insect Repellent Crucial
  • Star Light, Star Bright: Apps Identify What You See Tonight

Spring

  • Why March matters: Flexible Spending
  • Coming Soon. . .Form 1095
  • Have regular prescriptions? Meet Mandatory Maintenance Choice
  • What are the advantages of the Mandatory Maintenance Choice Program?
  • Life Insurance: Make Sure Yours Is Up To Date
  • A Ticket to a Healthy You!
  • The Case For Meditation: Measurable Benefits
  • Healthy Eating Starts Young

2015

Fall

  • Open Enrollment is October 1-31
  • Flexible Spending Account Enrollment And Re-Enrollment For 2016
  • “Learn a new sport or skill....”
  • HMS Dependent Eligibility Verification Program
  • Employee Health Fair
  • New Logo
  • How To Put More ‘Ooh And Ah’ Into Your Day

Summer

  • New Life Insurance Carrier. New Opportunity
  • It’s in the Mail?
  • Dependent Eligibility Audit
  • Nip Allergies in the Bud
  • Ticket to a Healthy Summer
  • Looking Ahead to Open Enrollment 2016

Spring

  • Flexible Spending 102
  • Tick Toc, Tick Toc, Time’s Running Out
  • Coming Soon to Your Mailbox…DEA (Dependent Eligibility Audit)
  • Lights, Camera…Colonoscopy
  • Walking: Meditation in Motion
  • Fight Off Colds With Mind and Body
  • Women: Watch Out For This ‘Heart-throb’

Winter

  • 2015 Employee Benefits Plan Year
  • Make a Date For Your Eyes: Your Annual Exam
  • There is Still Time to Get a Flu Vaccination
  • Are You at Risk for Depression?
  • What’s Better? Grazing or Eating Three Meals a Day?
  • Snapshot of Cook County 2015 Employee Benefits Open Enrollment

2014

Fall

  • Step Ahead to Enroll
  • 2014 Open Enrollment Informational Meeting Survey
  • Team Vaccine
  • Fire Safety & Evacuation
  • Spring into Health

Summer

  • The Sun and Your Eyes: What You Need to Know
  • Keep Your Head Above Water this Summer
  • Doctor, Retail Clinic, Urgent Care or ER?
  • Stay in the Game with Prostate Cancer Screenings
  • It’s Never Too Soon for Good Health 

Spring

  • Affordable Care Act Update
  • Sharpen Your Chill Skills
  • Just Got Married or Having a Baby?
  • Healthy Teeth and a Healthy Body
  • Getting Your Eyes Checked Can Help You Be the Vision of Health
  • Use Maintenance Choice For Your Long Term Medications