Annual Enrollment (November 1-30) is your once-a-year opportunity to change your MNPS benefits for the upcoming year. Watch your mailbox/e-mail for details. The 2026 Annual Enrollment Quick Start Guide for employees explains the steps you need to take before the November 30 deadline. Keep reading to learn what's changing, effective January 1, 2026.

Medical

No changes to health plan benefits

There are no changes to benefit levels under the medical, dental, vision or hearing plans for 2026. Deductibles, copays and coinsurance will remain the same as 2025.

New hearing benefit vendor

Start Hearing will replace Amplifon as our hearing benefit vendor. Benefit levels are not changing. The plan will still pay a hearing aid benefit of up to $1,400 every 5 years. This means there are no deductibles, copays or coinsurance, up to plan limits, when you use Start Hearing network providers. Visit starthearing.com/cigna to learn more.

Flexible Spending Accounts

Flexible spending account limits increasing

For the first time since 1986, Dependent Care FSA contribution limits are increasing to $7,500/year (up from $5,000). With childcare costs continuing to increase, this change may offer significant tax savings for parents with children in daycare.

The Health Care FSA contribution limit is increasing from $3,300 in 2025 to $3,400 in 2026.

If you participated in one or both of the FSAs in 2025 and would like to keep participating in 2026, you must re-enroll. Visit MNPSBenefits.org/fsas.

Are you paying too much for health care or dependent care? See how much money you can save by enrolling in the FSAs.

Enrollment

Benefit Express login

The login steps for Benefit Express have recently changed:

If you log in through BE, you’ll be prompted with the new steps. If you have trouble, visit MNPSBenefits.org/enrollment or call 1-844-593-0331.
If you join from the MNPS network, nothing changes.

No new ID card

Cigna is no longer mailing ID cards unless you request it. Simply register for and log on to myCigna.com or the myCigna app to view or print your card, save it to your phone, or share it with a provider.