Apprentice Benefits Information

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• Coverage for apprentices living in Northern California
• Coverage for apprentices living in Southern California
• Dental Coverage
• Dependent Coverage
• Learn more about WECA's benefits providers
• Questions about coverage options?

WECA offers medical, dental, disability and life insurance benefits to commercial apprentices indentured in a WECA apprenticeship program, and their families. Available provider options vary based on where the apprentice lives.

Please send any completed enrollment, account change, or student certification forms to Cindy Cormier at the WECA Sacramento office via fax at (916) 452-7011, or via mail to:

For those living in Northern California, a region defined as between Fresno and the Oregon border, WECA offers Anthem Blue Cross medical coverage. There is no eye exam coverage through Anthem Blue Cross .

To find an Anthem Blue Cross provider near you, click here for detailed instructions.

If you would like to enroll in Kaiser Permanente Southern California, you will receive an enrollment form as part of your new student orientation packet. If you did not receive a form, call (916) 889-7117.

If you are already a member of Kaiser Permanente Southern California and you need to make a change to your existing coverage, you may download a Kaiser Permanente Southern California account change form.

WECA offers dental coverage through Anthem Blue Cross Dental Complete. To find an Anthem Blue Cross Dental provider near you, click here for detailed instructions.

Coverage and Payments for Dependent Health Benefits

WECA Commercial Inside Wireman apprentices can choose to add dependents to his/her health benefit coverage. If you have arranged to have your dependent(s) covered by your WECA health plan, you must pay $100 to $135* by personal or cashier's check, money order or credit card, or by automatic credit card deduction each month, for this coverage. Cash payment may also be accepted at the front counter of the WECA Sacramento Region Office only.

Payments must be received in the WECA Sacramento Region Office by the 25th of each month prior to the month of coverage. Accounts are considered late on the 26th.

If payment in full is not received by that date, his/her dependent(s) coverage will be retroactively cancelled (back to the date the first invoice became due). The Apprentice will also will be financially responsible for any services used by his/her dependent(s) since the date the first invoice became due.

If an apprentice's dependent(s) coverage is cancelled, he/she must wait until the next open enrollment (normally October of each year) or the occurrence of a qualifying event AND pay all past due invoices before he/she can re-enroll his/her dependent(s).

Apprentice's with any questions about insurance matters of any kind, should contact WECA Insurance Administrator Cindy Cormier at (916) 889-7117 or ccormier@goweca.com.

* Current charges subject to change

Visit the Anthem Blue Cross website

Visit the Kaiser Permanente website

If you have questions about enrolling, or about your existing coverage, please call WECA Insurance Administrator Cindy Cormier at (916) 889-7117 or ccormier@goweca.com.