For more information about your pension benefits and retirement options as well as legislative updates, forms, self estimates, ordering licenses, paying taxes, voter registration, obtaining information about part-time employment, political volunteerism and fund-raising, and other activities of interest to retirees, visit the following sites:
- Statewide Health Insurance Benefit Advisors (SHIBA)- Telephone: 800-562-6900 or visit their website
http://www.insurance.wa.gov/about-oic/what-we-do/advocate-for-consumers/shiba/ - Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB)/Health Care Authority (HCA)- Telephone:1-800-200-1004 or visit their website http://www.pebb.hca.wa.gov/
- Social Security- Telephone:1-800-772-1213 or visit their website http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
- Department of Retirement Systems (DRS)- Telephone:1-800-547-6657 For more information about your pension benefits, retire and rehire, forms, self-estimates, and legislative updates, visit the Department of Retirement Systems website www.drs.wa.gov
- Washington State Investment Board- for information about how billions of dollars in investments for state retirement and other public trust fund assets are being managed and performing visit www.sib.wa.gov
- AARP- For a wealth of information about Senior advocacy (particularly health care and prescription drugs) visit https://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/nrta/
- Government of Washington- for more information on who your current legislators are and how to contact them; how to order and submit many state forms for licenses, patents, and copyrights; and how to search for part-time employment, go to the state’s homepage https://access.wa.gov/
- Department of Retirement Systems- Prospective retirees can access important information about the rules, regulations and timelines regarding the decision to retire here https://www.drs.wa.gov/
- MEDICARE PLANS IN WASHINGTON- https://www.medicareplans.com/washington/