Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Your Health Care Benefits


Your Health Care Benefits

The Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome you to the new Health Care benefits website for the Southern California Soft Drink Industry and Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund. The medical plan options (including prescription drugs), along with the Dental Plan, Vision Plan and AD&D benefits are listed below.

If you are a retired Employee, you and your Dependents will be eligible for the Hospital-Medical benefit and Prescription Drug programs if you meet the eligibility requirements and these benefits are provided under the terms of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between your last Employer and your Union which covers the position in which you were formerly employed, AND for which your last Employer specifically contributes to the Trust Fund.

Medical Benefits

The Southern California Soft Drink Industry and Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund provides Benefit Programs for Active Employees and their Dependents as well as Benefit Programs for Retired Employees and their Dependents.



Prescription Benefits

The Southern California Soft Drink Industry and Teamsters Health and Welfare Trust Fund maintains this Prescription Drug Plan to help cover many of the costs of your family’s Prescription Drug needs. The Trust Fund contracts with Optum Rx to provide a network of pharmacies from which you may obtain your prescriptions.



Dental Benefits

The Southern California Soft Drink Industry and Teamsters Health and Welfare Trust Fund offers you a choice of dental care programs, Liberty Dental, - a PREPAID DENTAL PLAN, which requires you to select a Dental Office which is part of the Liberty Dental Plan, or an INDEMNITY DENTAL PLAN, which permits you to go to any Dentist of your choice or a preferred provider dentist in the Anthem Blue Cross network.



Vision Benefits

The Vision Care Program is administered through a service agreement with Vision Service Plan (VSP), which maintains a panel of over 14,000 vision care providers.



Life Insurance

The Plan provides Death and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage for Employees only. The Fund does not provide this coverage for your Dependents.