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Retiree Bulletin September, 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
Senior Health Fair
October 2nd.
2009 Turnstone
Center For Disabled
8:00 to
Noon 3320 North Clinton
Fort Wayne, IN
IMMUNIZATIONS-Parkview Home Health & Hospice
¨ Flu
Injections $21.00
Medicare
Card Part B will pay this fee.
¨ Pneumococcal
(Pneumonia) vaccine $35.00
Medicare Card
Part B will pay this fee.
¨ The Centers For Disease Control and
Prevention recommend: once every five years if you are younger than 65 & a
one-time pneumococcal vaccine for adults age 65 and older. Check with
your primary care physician to see if you have had this vaccine.
Fifteen Minutes Could Save
a Life
Fifteen
minutes-that’s all it takes for Francine’s Mobil Mammography Unite to provide it’s
potentially lifesaving services.
This year the
unit will be at our Friday, October 2nd Health Fair at 3320 North
Clinton (Turnstone Center) from 8:00 – Noon.
To schedule an
appointment, call 260-483-1847. Tell your friends and family to schedule
an appointment, too.
Note: Walk – in
appointments are available, depending upon the schedule that day.
This is an
opportunity to get some blood work and other testing done.
Come enjoy
the food and information booths. For questions, please contact Vickie
Meyers (United Way of Allen County / 469-4013)
We
highly recommend our retirees support this Health Fair
Health
Insurance
As everyone has been hearing lately on TV
concerning Health Care there have been questions as to how it will affect us.
While at this time no definite legislation has been presented, many different
options are being talked about by Congress. Also many different rumors,
falsehoods and scare tactics have been spread by those opposed to a National
Health Care Plan.
As you have seen on TV a high portion of
the protesters to a Health Plan have been senior citizens, some of them
screaming and raising their fists saying “We don’t want government run health
care”
Everyone knows those same people now have
Medicare as their primary health insurance and have had it since age 65. …What do
they think Medicare is? Somebody needs to tell them it is a “Government run
Health System”. I would guess that not a single International Truck retiree
would complain about their Medicare coverage. In fact in the 20 years or so
that I have been the UAW Retiree Benefit Rep. I have never once heard a
complaint about our Medicare coverage.
Why some people think the Government
would be less efficient than the private insurance companies is hard to
believe. Why? According to Forbes, the
CEO of Caremark (Edwin M. Crawford)
made $ 69.66 million dollars last
year in total compensation. That’s
$ 33460.00 per hour. based on a 40 hr. week.
The
CEO of Aetna (Ronald A. Williams) made $30.86 million dollars in total
compensation for 2008.
That is $14, 836.00 per hour. based on a
40 hr. week. That was our yearly salary @ International.
This does not include any of the other
executives who also received bonuses and stock options in those 2 companies. Is
this more efficient? Plus, the
insurance companies must show a profit on top of the outrageous compensation to
executives. Every other Health Insurance CEO also made $millions of dollars
last year.
The UAW and a broad coalition of
progressive organizations are strongly supporting the House health care
reform bill and the bill reported by the Senate HELP committee. These bills
would provide enormous benefits to working families, including UAW members.
Not surprisingly, insurance companies and
various right-wing groups are mounting a campaign to block health care reform, to
counter their dishonest, disruptive scare tactics, UAW activists need to send a
strong message to members of Congress.
Please contact your representative and
senators right away by calling (877) 264-4226.
Urge representatives to vote for the
House health care reform bill that has been reported by three committees.
Tell senators to support the legislation
reported by the HELP committee.
Thanks for your efforts on this
critically important issue!
Retiree Chapter 305 & Chapter 2911/Society of Engr. Retiree Luncheon:
Thursday, October 1, 2009 American Legion Post
47, on St. Joe Road
(Across from Shoaff Park)
We eat lunch at noon $5.00 per person (the rest is paid by the retiree chapter)
We
invite ALL retiree’s and spouses to attend this luncheon, which is
followed by a short meeting.
Come
out and visit with your fellow retired workers and their spouses. Enjoy a nice
meal and good company.
Send
the registration form found below, along with your check.
Check made out to: UAW Local 2911 Send to: Barb Parrott
11811 Breininger Rd.
Hicksville,
Ohio 43526
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October 1, 2009 Chapter 305 &
Chapter 2911 Luncheon RSVP form (Please return by September 23, 2009)
Enclose $5.00 per person- Make check payable to: Local 2911
Return to: Barb
Parrott
11811 Breininger Rd.
Hicksville,
Oh 43526
Name:____________________________________ Telephone Number:___________________________
Address:__________________________________ Number Attending:_______ Amount
Enclosed: $___________