Medical

We provide industry-leading medical coverage to ensure you and your family have the support you need to get and stay well. All of our plans offer comprehensive coverage, pay 100% of your preventive care and limit the amount of health care costs you pay each year. Review all medical plan options by clicking on the tabs below. For a detailed comparison, visit  Health Plan Comparisons.

Plan type: High-deductible health plan with a Health Savings Account Key features:

  • Choose any provider you like, but you pay less when you use a provider in the extensive Premera Blue Cross Network

  • Option to save for future health care expenses through a tax-advantaged, Microsoft-funded Health Savings Account (HSA)

  • Includes prescription coverage

  • In 2026, the limit on an HSA contribution for an individual is $4,400; for an individual with family coverage, the limit is $8,750

Preventive care: 100% covered  Out-of-pocket costs: A deductible applies before the plan begins to pay for services, except for preventive care (covered at 100%)  Provider network: Premera Blue Cross (nationwide)  Cash from Microsoft: Microsoft contributes to your HSA

Choose this option if 

  • You are currently enrolled in the Health Savings Plan and want to continue seeing your current doctors and other doctors of your choice.

  • You want a Health Savings Account to help you save for future health care costs or pay for out-of-pocket health care expenses.

  • You want access to a national provider network versus a regional network limited to available states.

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Plan type: Health Maintenance Organization

Key features:

 

  • Only available to employees that live in Washington or California.
  • You and your primary care doctor coordinate your care with other providers within the Kaiser Permanente network.
  • In most cases, services provided outside the Kaiser Permanente network are not covered, except for emergency care

  • Offers online access to schedule appointments, view medical records, and exchange secure email messages with your doctors

  • Includes prescription coverage

Preventive care: 100% covered

Out-of-pocket costs:

  • No deductible and limited coinsurance

  • Copays for most outpatient services except for preventive care

Provider network:

  • Kaiser Permanente (in 11 available states)

  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (Washington)

Choose this option if

 

  • Only available to employees that live in Washington or California
  • You and your covered family members receive most of your health care within the Kaiser Permanente service area.
  • You prefer to pay a fixed amount per office visit and for other outpatient care.

  • You prefer to work with your primary care provider to coordinate your health care.

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Plan type: Preferred Provider Organization (PPO).

Key features:

  • Lower copays equal higher-value providers and facilities

  • Access to providers in the United Healthcare Choice Plus (Select Plus for those in California) nationwide network
  • Predictable out-of-pocket copays with no deductibles and no coinsurance.

  • Includes prescription coverage

  • Doula reimbursement

  • Preventive care: 100% covered

Out-of-pocket costs:

  • Copay only plan

  • No Deductible 

  • No coinsurance

Provider network:

  • United Healthcare Choice Plus (Select Plus for those in California) nationwide network, including the Living Well Health Center & Pharmacy

  • Out-of-network care includes emergency room and ambulance services; additional care is covered with higher copays and may be subject to balance billing from out of network provider

Choose this option if

  • You want predictable out-of-pocket costs.

  • Ability to shop for medical care by viewing copays on the Surest member site before a medical visit 

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Key features:

  • Choose any provider you like, but you pay less when you use a provider in the extensive Premera Blue Cross Network

  • Includes prescription coverage

Preventive care: 100% covered

Out-of-pocket costs:

  • A deductible applies before the plan begins to pay for services, except for preventive care (covered at 100%)

Provider network:

  • Premera Blue Cross (nationwide)

Choose this option if

  • You are a Microsoft employee who lives in Hawaii.

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