As announced at our June 24th CSBA Annual Meeting, there will be a significant benefits enhancement in our dental coverage as of August 1st, when we step up to the MetroDent Premier Plus coverage tier. It provides a higher schedule of payments and a wider panel of participants. We will also increase the number of covered cleanings from two to three per year.

This change was authorized by the CSBA Welfare Fund Trustees in consultation with the experts at ASO SIDS and with Sandra Aguiar, our Senior Account Executive at Amalgamated Employee Benefits Administrators. Although this enhancement will cost the Fund in excess of an additional $100,000 per year, we make this move based both upon ample reserves and the hope that this will result in better dental care for our members and families, resulting in some offsetting savings through prevention of more serious problems down the road.