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Retiree Bulletin November, 2009
Chapter 305 Officers: Chapter
2911 Officers:
Barb Parrott Chairperson Dan Alter
Grace Ley Vice
Chairperson Sandra Poling
Hazel Sitko Recording
Sec. Ron Moser
Carol Davis Financial
Sec. Steve Bell
Dorothy Ward Sgt.
of Arms Don Steffen
Insurance Dan Alter 461-1383 and/or 918-4094 (Ft. Wayne
#)
Local 2911
Website: http://www.uawlocal2911.org
Chapter Meetings:
. Chapter 305. 1st Thursday of the month @ 1:00 PM at the 3915 E. Pontiac Street.
Chapter 2911. 2nd
Thursday of the month @ 5:00 PM at VFW 12700 Dawkins Rd., New Haven, IN
Insurance:
All
Navistar Retirees who are enrolled in the Health Care program and are a part of
the Shy Supplemental Trust will have an increase in payment for 2010.
For
those on Medicare:
- Your
monthly premium which is deducted from your retiree check will increase to
$ 27.00 per month.
- Your
annual Deductible or maximum out of pocket cost is now $400.00. ( an
increase of $200.00)
For
those on Medicare our insurance will change from Aetna Medicare to Humana
Navistar Medicare.
You will receive a new card from Humana
in December which you start using January 1, 2010.
There is some difference in terminology
used by Humana regarding what Navistar and the Supplemental Trust refer to as
“Deductible”. Humana refers to the $400.00 as “maximum out of pocket”.
There are a few minor changes in coverage
in the new plan, however, we are receiving all of the regular Medicare benefits
in the new plan.
Humana will breakdown the “maximum out of
pocket” as follows for 2010:
Of the Medicare allowed expenses Humana will apply the first
$155.00 to what they refer to as deductible
We will be required to pay this. NOTE: ONLY PAY AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN
E.O.B FROM HUMANA ADVISING YOU OF THE MEDICARE APPROVED AMOUNT DUE.
The next $245.00 (of our yearly $400.00
deductible) Humana will pay the first 80% of the Medicare approved amount and
send us an E.O.B. telling us we owe the remaining 20% of the Medicare approved
amount and to whom to pay it to. This will continue until the 20% amounts add
up to $245.00. or $400.00 total for the year.
After this Humana will pay all bills at
100%.
We have an annual out of pocket maximum or
deductible of $400.00.
DO
NOT PAY ANY DOCTOR OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY UNTIL YOU GET THE E.O.B. FROM HUMANA
ADVISING US HOW MUCH AND TO WHOM THE PAYMENT GOES.
All bills are to be paid at the Medicare
approved rate, not the amount of the original billing as long as your health
care provider accepts Medicare
assignment. Most do.
It
is advisable to contact your doctors now
to be sure they accept the Humana plan. If they say they don’t accept Humana,
immediately call Humana at 1-800-827-1884 and Humana will contact the
doctor’s office and try to get them in the program.
For
those not yet on Medicare your monthly premium will increase to $54.00 per
month.
- You will remain
with Aetna as your Health Insurance provider.
- For those
not yet on Medicare you annual maximum out of pocket cost is now $722.00
(An increase of $200.00).
All
other insurance plans remain the same as they are now.
Drugs
= Caremark 1-866-559-6851
Vision
= Vision Service Plan or VSP 1-800-877-7195
Dental
= Delta Dental 1-800-524-0149
Hearing
= Aetna 1-800-435-2969
Legal
= Hyatt 1-800-821-6400
Life
Insurance = Met Life 1-800-871-2435
If
you need assistance call your Retiree Liaison Benefit Rep., Dan Alter@
260-918-4094 (Ft.Wayne #)
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At
the July 2009 Chapter 305 retiree meeting it was decided among those in
attendance to no longer send this retiree bulletin to non-dues paying retirees
from Local 305.or Local 658. The reason is because of
the cost of the bulletin and mailing. Those Chapter 305 retirees and Retirees from Local 658 in Springfield who
are
not presently paying dues who wish to continue to receive these retiree
bulletins in the future must call Barbara Parrott and either send in a card to
have dues taken out of your retiree check (if you are the retiree). Or pay dues
manually by check once a year.
Widows
and widowers must pay dues manually and should send a check to Chapter
Chairperson Barbara Parrott in the amount of $12.00 per year. These are due
March of each year.. For those retirees from Springfield Local 658 who wish to
join Chapter 305, contact Barbara so your name can be withdrawn from Chapter
658 and added to Chapter 305.
If
you want to continue to receive the bulletin and not presently a dues paying
retiree,
Contact:
Barbara Parrott @ 419-542-8150 to have a card sent to you.
Chapter
2911 Retirees discussed this at the August meeting
and it was decided to continue sending the bulletin to all retirees belonging
to Chapter 2911 until further notice. It may be necessary in the near future to
only send our retiree bulletin to those paying dues.
We do want to
encourage everyone who can afford it to pay the $24.00 per year dues (for
retirees), $12.00 per year for surviving spouses) to do so.
Presently
Chapter 2911 has 414 retirees, 240 from the SEE and 174 from Local 2911.
We
have 85 dues check-off members and 8 retirees and or spouses paying dues
manually.
We
have had some difficulty in the past with cards being sent in and the dues
still are not being deducted. If you want to have your dues deducted
automatically call Dan Alter 260-918-4094 and I will send you a card to fill
out and return to me. These will then be sent to the UAW International Union so
you can be on dues check-off.
Chapter
2911 presently receives $59.50 per month from dues check-off. Our yearly
expenses for the bulletin, Semi-annual luncheon and the quarterly retiree
meeting at UAW Region 3 are approximately $1135.00.
This
leaves us short each year approximately $350.00.
Because
Local 2911 transferred funds into our retiree account we have enough funds to
continue for the present time.
If
you are a SEE or Local 2911 retiree and want to start paying dues contact Dan
Alter @ 260-918-4094