Make sense of your union benefits with someone you can reach. I’m Jonah Padgett, helping AFGE members across Utah and Idaho find coverage that fits their lives.
Explore your coverage options
Explore your options, review the plan details, and get help choosing what works for you and your family.
Protection for the people who count on you.
Explore coverage for your family, including permanent life options that may offer cash value and living benefits.
Discuss coverage amounts, portability, family eligibility, and how available options compare with your existing coverage. Cash value, living benefits, and guarantees vary by policy.
Help protect your paycheck.
Income protection for eligible periods when a covered illness or off-the-job injury keeps you from working.
Ask about benefit amounts, waiting periods, benefit periods, maternity provisions, and how a plan fits alongside your available leave.
Support for your everyday care.
Explore dental options through Cigna and Humana, plus vision coverage for exams, glasses, and contacts.
Compare PPO and DHMO dental options, provider networks, covered services, and family eligibility. Review the specific schedule of benefits before choosing a plan.
A little backup for the unexpected.
Cash benefits for covered accidental injuries and related care, including eligible on- and off-the-job accidents.
Plan benefits can help with expenses following a covered accident. Review the covered treatments, payment schedule, limitations, and exclusions.
Extra support during a hospital stay.
Cash benefits for covered hospital admissions and confinement that can help with expenses during recovery.
Review the plan’s admission, confinement, intensive care, and other eligible benefits. This supplemental coverage works alongside your main health insurance.
Support when a diagnosis changes things.
A cash benefit following a covered critical illness diagnosis, subject to your selected plan and policy terms.
Explore benefits for covered conditions such as cancer, heart attack, or stroke. Ask about eligibility, benefit amounts, waiting periods, and exclusions.
Benefits, rates, eligibility, and availability vary by plan and state. Brochures and policy documents provide the full terms, limitations, and exclusions. Jonah can help you review your options.
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CignaAllstateReady to enroll, or still have questions? You have options.
Use the same enrollment form linked in your union benefits packet. Have questions along the way? Reach out to me.
Open benefits enrollment Opens the benefits enrollment form on Formstack.We can review your current benefits, talk through your family’s needs, and explore the options available to you.
Schedule with Jonah Choose an available time through Calendly.
AFGE RETIREMENT DIVISIONWhether you’re preparing to retire or new to federal service, connect with a retirement specialist for a complimentary one-on-one appointment.
Prefer a group session? See the virtual retirement workshop schedule.
SEPTEMBER 2026
Plan for retirement with expert guidance and trusted resources in an online workshop. Choose a session and register using its QR code or registration button.
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9 PM ET 8 PM CT 6 PM PT
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This workshop date has passed. Please choose an upcoming session or schedule a personal retirement review.
5:00 PM Mountain Time
7 PM ET 6 PM CT 4 PM PT
Scan to register,
or use the button below.
This workshop date has passed. Please choose an upcoming session or schedule a personal retirement review.
All dates on this schedule have passed. Contact Jonah for the next workshop schedule.
Schedule a complimentary one-on-one retirement review at a time that works for you.
BENEFITAs your AFGE Benefit Organizer with Benefit Architects, I help members understand the benefits available through their union membership and find answers to their coverage questions.
I serve AFGE members in Utah and Idaho, including Hill Air Force Base, Salt Lake VA, Salt Lake TSA, Boise VA, and Boise TSA. Whether you’re a new employee, reviewing your family’s coverage, or thinking about retirement, I’m here to help you take the next step.
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Visit AFGE’s official membership page to select your agency and local and complete the membership process. Union membership and benefits enrollment are separate steps.
Join AFGEI can help you understand the next step.
Call 623-337-3252Reach out directly, or choose a time that works for you. I look forward to connecting.
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