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Whether or Not You Have a White Christmas, Make It Merry This time of year, if you have your home or car radio tuned to a Christmas music station you will undoubtedly hear the song White Christmas, the best-selling Christmas song of all time. As the years have passed, possibly you don’t recall a little of the history of the …

November 28 Is an Important Date, Not Only for This Thanksgiving As we know, this year Thanksgiving Day is on November 28. Since there has been a great deal in the news about Artificial Intelligence (AI), I decided to give it a try. I asked AI: What has happened in history on November 28th? Over a dozen responses pop up.The …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 28, 2024 10:14 am Email Contact As we age, planning for long-term care becomes a priority, especially as we consider how best to support the needs of older adults. The National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) recognizes the importance of accessible, reliable resources for retirees and their families, and has compiled an extensive guide to help …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 21, 2024 6:28 am Email Contact During the Medicare Enrollment Period which is open until December 7 have your guard up against scammers who want to obtain your Medicare and Social Security information.Scammers pretend to be from Medicare or a healthcare insurance company. Here are tips to prevent you from being a scam victim.If you …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 15, 2024 4:17 pm Email Contact A little over a month to the election and who will control the House, Senate and White House are up in the air. It is looking like, though, one party will not control all three chambers, which means they must work together and negotiate something that seems particularly hard …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 14, 2024 10:36 am Email Contact The Medicare Open Enrollment Period begins this week on October 15 and continues through December 7. Whether you have original Medicare with prescription and supplement plans, or Medicare Advantage (MA), during the fall enrollment period, you can shop on www.Medicare.gov to sign up for new coverage or change your …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 10, 2024 4:19 pm Email Contact Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5% in 2025, the Social Security Administration announced on Friday, October 10. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month starting in January. Over the last decade the …

DuPont and Dow Chemical Company announced on December 11, 2015, that their boards of directors had approved an agreement for a “merger of equals.” Naturally, this plan raised concerns about the security of retiree pensions and other benefits, and we needed a mechanism to organize and communicate with the over 100,000 retirees. Paul Kende and I then began a dialogue …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 7, 2024 4:02 pm Email Contact If you have an MA plan it is important to learn whether it will continue next year. Last week the NRLN emailed messages asking: Do You Know Whether Your Medicare Advantage Plan WillContinue in 2025? The reason for the question is that four Medicare Advantage Insurance companies haveannounced they …

National Retiree Legislative Network October 3, 2024 11:41 am Vern Larson, President, Avaya Retirees Chapter – NRLNVern Larson, President, Avaya Retirees Chapter – NRLN, and his wife Rose, a former IBEW member, serve as an example for the importance of Medicare Guaranteed Issue Rights (GIRs) for Avaya and other retirees. In 2023, after several years of collective bargaining attempts by two …