Apprentice Benefits Information
WECA offers medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance benefits to commercial electrical apprentices indentured in a WECA apprenticeship program in California, and their families. Available provider options vary based on where the apprentice lives.
Please send any completed enrollment or account change forms to Cindy Cormier at the WECA Sacramento office via fax at (916) 452-7011, or via mail to:
WECA
Attn: Cindy Cormier
3695 Bleckely Street
Rancho Cordova, CA 95655
Health Coverage
WECA offers Anthem Blue Cross medical coverage.
Dental Coverage
WECA offers dental PPO coverage through Anthem Blue Cross
Vision Coverage
WECA offers vision PPO coverage through Anthem Blue Cross.
Acupuncture and Chiropractic Health Benefits Plan (for PPO Medical Only)
Acupuncture Health Benefits Plan Flyer
Chiropractic Health Benefits Flyer
(HMO plans also have chiropractic and acupuncture benefits, however, under the HMO plan these can only be used with a referral from the Primary Care Physician.)
Coverage and Payments for Dependent Health Benefits
As a WECA Commercial Inside Wireman Apprentice, you can choose to add dependents to your health benefit coverage. If you have arranged to have your dependent(s) covered by your WECA health plan, you must pay $125 to $185* 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 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).
* Current charges subject to change
Commercial apprentices that have selected their "Preferred Contact Method" as Email, will receive all correspondence related to their health insurance via email only. There will be no USPS mailed communications--only email. This includes cancellation of benefits, insufficient hour bank hours' notices, reinstatement of health benefits notices', new start benefits notices, and all future insurance related correspondence.
Hour Bank Requirements - Changes as of Dec 2015
Coverage Summaries
Questions about coverage?
If you have questions about enrolling, or about your existing coverage, please call WECA Insurance Administrator Cindy Cormier at (916) 453-0112 ext. 117 or ccormier@goweca.com.