American Fidelity Open Enrollment
Not applicable to employees of Butte College, Bangor Union, Oroville Union High School District, Palermo Union, and Paradise Unified
Your benefits enrollment is here, and your plan includes nontaxable benefits.
When you pay for coverage pre-tax, you can help protect your family while reducing your overall taxable income. Your American Fidelity manager can help you create a plan that fits you and your family's needs.
View your potential tax savings with this calculator.
Do you need to renew your Flexible Spending Accounts?
Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts do not automatically renew each year. Meet with your American Fidelity account manager to ensure you continue taking advantage of these tax savings accounts. Some benefits include:
- The funds are taken out pre-tax.
- Your taxable income is reduced allowing you to take home more money each paycheck.
- You can use these funds for eligible expenses that you are already paying for with after-tax funds.
Take home more money from your paycheck.
Your employer is offering you tax savings when paying for your medical coverage and out-of-pocket expenses. Your eligible benefit contributions are taken from your paycheck before taxes, reducing your taxable income and allowing you to take home more money.
How does it work?
Consider this example: Jane makes $2,000 per paycheck and is paid twice a month. Under a tax-savings plan, she would save $140 per month, adding up to $1,680 a year.

Did your salary increase? You may need to look at your disability coverage.
If your salary has increased since your last enrollment, it’s important that you review your Disability Income Insurance coverage to help protect more of your paycheck and your way of life. Speak with your American Fidelity account manager to ensure you have the level of income protection you need.
Schedule an appointment with American Fidelity to review your benefits today!
Available Benefits:
Healthcare FSA
Healthcare FSAs allow you to set aside money tax-free for eligible medical costs, such as doctor visits, prescription drugs, prescription contact lenses, and dental procedures. Additionally, your entire election amount is available to you at the beginning of the plan year.
Healthcare FSAs operate under a “use or lose” system. That means you’ll want to use all of your funds prior to the next plan year or you will lose whatever amount is left. This plan does include the Carryover Provision which allows you to carry over up to $500 of unused contributions from one plan year to the next.
Dependent Care Account
A Dependent Care Account is used to reimburse yourself for eligible dependent day care expenses, such as after-school care, summer day camp, and day care. Your contribution is withheld from your paycheck before tax, which in turn reduces your overall tax burden.
Like Healthcare FSAs, Dependent Care Accounts operate under a “use or lose” system. That means you’ll want to use all of your funds prior to the next plan year or you will lose whatever amount is left.
Disability income Insurance is designed to help protect your finances in case of a covered injury or illness. It provides a benefit to help cover costs while you are unable to work by paying some of your gross monthly earnings. You will have the opportunity to apply for coverage without answering medical questions (pre-existing conditions may apply). You can select a benefit amount and elimination period that meets your financial needs Benefit payments are made directly to you to use the funds where you need them.
Limited Benefit Critical Illness pays benefit upon diagnosis of certain covered life-altering illnesses and helps with costs not covered by medical insurance. Various coverage options are available to choose from. Coverage also includes a screening benefit that pays you when you receive your annual health screenings, including stress test, echo cardiograms and more.
Limited Benefit Individual Cancer Insurance may help ease the financial burden of cancer treatment, including non-medical expenses like travel and lodging, so you can focus on recovery. Benefit payments are made directly to you. You can enroll yourself, or extend coverage to your family. Coverage also includes a screening benefit that pays you when you receive your annual internal cancer screening tests, including Mammograms, PAPs and Colonoscopies.
Prepare for the unexpected with Limited Benefit Accident Only Insurance. Accident Only Insurance may help manage out-of-pocket costs to treat injuries resulting from a covered accident and provides benefit payments directly to you.
Limited Benefit Hospital Indemnity Insurance helps pay for out-of-pocket costs, like a hospital stays. Major medical insurance plans are designed to pay a large portion of your medical costs. But with a high deductible health plan, you must pay out of your own pocket until you meet your deductible and plan maximum.
Life Insurance may help ensure your family is financially protected in the event of a loss. You own the policy, so you can take it with you to a different job or into retirement.
For more information contact:
Northern CA Branch Office
800-365-8306 or 916-683-8306