National Retiree Legislative Network September 16, 2024 2:07 pm Email Contact One of the options that enrollees in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage have during the Open Enrollment Period Oct. 15 – Dec. 7 is changing their Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. A prescription drug plan is independent from traditional Medicare while many Medicare Advantage plans include a prescription …
National Retiree Legislative Network September 9, 2024 2:36 pm Email Contact Beginning in January 2025, Medicare beneficiaries with Part D can opt in for the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (MPPP). Medicare Part D enrollees and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans enrollees with frug coverage will have the option to spread out the costs of their prescription drugs over the calendar year. This …
Read Your Medicare Notice of Change When Received Medicare’s Open Enrollment Oct. 15 – Dec. 5. National Retiree Legislative Network September 2, 2024 8:27 pm Email Contact If you are on Medicare, you’ll be getting one or two Annual Notice of Change letters in your mail or email this September about your 2025 coverage and costs. This information is important …
Chapter President’s MessageJoe SciulliChapter PresidentDECEMBER 2025 Healthcare enrollment is over! Hurray! Now my phone will stop ringing. For many retirees, the healthcare plan they were happy with was discontinued, leaving them with unhappy choices. It could be you next year. That is why the NRLN is working hard to protect us in this area. More on this subject in the …
Major Benefit Coming for Medicare Part D Beginning in January 2025, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans must cap out-of-pocket spending for drugs at $2,000 per person per year. However, do not think that’s an all-in cost for the year.There are four areas of costs in Part D plans and Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage and you may see …
The annual Medicare Enrollment period, October 15 – December 7, is when seniors with traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage can shop for a better value in their medical and prescription drugs plans and change their coverage for the next year. People in traditional Medicare can use the open enrollment period to find and enroll in a Medicare supplement plan (Medigap) …
NRLN Home Page Sign Up to Receive Important Messages or Update Your Email Address Support NRLN’s Work Write Personal Email to Your Members of Congress Respond to an Action Alert Message from Hector Saenz, President, IBM ~ Kyndryl Retirees Chapter To: IBM / Kyndryl Retirees Chapter_NRLN Members From: Hector Saenz, Chapter President and NRLN Board Member Subject: Your Chapter and …
Message from Hector Saenz, President, IBM ~ Kyndryl Retirees Chapter You may have read previous messages to IBM retirees that your IBM / Kyndryl Chapter and the National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN) launched an investigation in January into whether there was an injustice to IBM retirees when IBM changed its healthcare benefit. This resulted in retirees only able to apply …
It is no surprise to anyone that the Social Security and Medicare programs face significant challenges meeting their obligations to the nation’s seniors. The Trustees Report for 2024 was just released and starting in 2034, beneficiaries will only receive 79% of their earned benefits. Don’t expect Congress to address this mess this year since it is an election year, but …
Twenty-three NRLN members know that Social Security overpayment clawback can happen to anyone – because it happened to them. On March 11, 2024, the NRLN sent an email to all members requesting that anyone who has had to payback money to Social Security participate in the NRLN’s brief survey. The purpose of the survey was to support the NRLN’s efforts to …
