Members who wish to cover dependents age 19 and up to 24 must certify the dependents’ eligibility for coverage.
 
Seasonal and intermittent employees (pdf) are no longer eligible to enroll in short term or long term disability insurance.

Each of the PPO plans offers new pilot programs to improve care for members with chronic conditions.
 
Monthly premium rates for the medical plans change for 2008.
 
Hearing aids are covered at $4,000, with a 10 percent member coinsurance. The benefit benefit is renewed every four years.
 
The materials (glasses and contacts) allowance for the routine vision care benefit increases to $200.

Kaiser Permanente offers a Traditional Dental Plan Design. Members pay a percentage coinsurance rather than set co-payment for services that require a payment.
 
Kaiser Permanente also offers a new Part-time and Retiree Traditional Dental Plan design, like the ODS Part-time and Retiree Traditional Plan.
 
Routine dental cleaning is covered once per year. You may qualify for more if your dentist determines they are indicated and you meet plan-specific criteria.
 
X-rays are covered on an age-based schedule.
 
Replacement crowns and similar attachments are covered every seven years.
 
Dental implants are covered at a member coinsurance rate of 50 percent in the Kaiser and ODS plans and 75 percent in the Willamette Dental plan.
 
Member coinsurance for crowns decreases from 50 percent to 25 percent in the Kaiser and ODS plans.
 
The maximum annual benefit increases from $1,500 to $1,750 per person  in the Kaiser and ODS plans.
 
The maximum annual benefit increases from $1,000 to $1,250 per person in the Part-time and Retiree Plans.
 
The lifetime orthodontia benefit increases from $1,000 to $1,500 per person in the Kaiser and ODS plans.