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4290A.qxd 7/10/06 10:43 AM Page 1 Presorted Standard Mail U.S. Postage PAID New York, NY Permit No. 3700 330 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036-6977 Do you have questions about your Fund benefits? Send them to us! We’ll answer one in each edition of your 1199SEIU Retired Members Bulletin. Question: IN THIS ISSUE When will the 1199SEIU HIP VIP program be available for retirees in Nassau County? • 1199SEIU RMD President’s Message - Gina Mazzola, Retired from Island Medical Center Page 2 Answer: • 1199SEIU Benefit & Pension Funds Executive Director Message Since we introduced the 1199SEIU HIP VIP Medicare Plan for New York City retirees last Page 3 year as part of our collectively-bargained cost-saving programs, retirees in other areas have been asking when they will be able to join the plan. We’ve been working with HIP to • Pregúntele a su fondo UPCOMING EVENTS/TRIPS expand the program, and starting this fall, eligible Nassau county retirees will also receive Page 4 their health benefits through the 1199SEIU HIP VIP Medicare plan. • Florida Notes Las Vegas Trip Montreal – Ottawa Page 5 December 4 – 8, 2006 August 7 – 11, 2006 If you live in Nassau County, are Medicare-eligible and are also eligible for retiree health Flamingo Hotel & Casino 4 nights/breakfasts/dinners benefits, you must enroll in the 1199SEIU HIP VIP Medicare Plan by September • Florida and South Carolina America West from JFK $629 per person, Double occupancy 1 to continue your benefits through the Fund, but you can enroll sooner. Your Chapters $599 per person, Double occupancy $824 Single occupancy enhanced benefits will become effective October 1. Page 5 $799 Single occupancy Trip cancellation insurance is INCLUDED in the price Trip cancellation insurance is INCLUDED in the price Old-world ambiance and elegance distinguish the culture and character of the city. The mix of With the 1199SEIU HIP VIP Medicare Plan, Nassau County retirees will receive: • From the Desk of the Fund’s Package includes: Round trip non-stop flights, 4 nights deluxe accommodations at the Flamingo French and Canadian, traditional and modern, is reflected in this tour and transportation in a Medical Director Hotel, admissions to 2 revue shows, fun book with discount coupons, transfer, baggage handling deluxe coach. Come and enjoy sights such as: Mt. Royal, French Quarter,Old Montreal and • Free basic dental coverage and vision care Page 6 in Las Vegas and taxes. Ottawa. Sightseeing, admission, a visit to Casino de Montreal, baggage handling, and taxes, • Access to over 7,200 health care providers in Nassau County, and another gratuities for the meals are included. 25,000 in New York City • Activist Page & $100 deposit due immediately President’s Message Full payment due immediately • No deductible or co-pay for primary care office visits Final payment due by Nov. 1, 2006 Page 7 • Only a $10 co-pay for specialist office visits • Basic prescription drug coverage • Upcoming Events/Trips New Year’s Eve Cruise from New York Puerto Rico Senior Festival Page 8 Aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines’ “Norwegian Dawn” October 23 – 27, 2006 Depending on your Fund, eligibility, and years of service, you may also receive supplemen- Thursday, December 28 to Sunday, January 7, 2007 $849 per person, Double occupancy tal benefits, such as enhanced prescription coverage, through the Fund. $1,114 Single occupancy Ports of call: St. Thomas, Tortola, St. Maarten, San Juan and Great Stirrup Cay. Includes all Trip cancellation insurance is INCLUDED in the price meals, entertainment, port charges, government fees and all taxes. For more information, we encourage Nassau County retirees to attend one of HIP’s informational meetings in your Package includes: Round trip airfare from New York, deluxe accommodations for 4 evenings at area during July or August. Staff members will answer your questions and help you enroll on the spot. To find out Category KK (inside):$1,849 double occupancy the Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel & Casino, 4 breakfasts, 2 sightseeing tours including a visit to dates and times for these meetings, or to request an enrollment package, call HIP’s dedicated line for 1199SEIU Category F (outside):$2,149 double occupancy El Yunque – the rain forest, transfers and baggage handling in San Juan and taxes. Category BD (balcony):$2,389 double occupancy retirees at (877) HIP-1199. For questions about your retiree health benefits, call the Fund at (646) 473-8770. Trip cancellation insurance is INCLUDED in the price $100 deposit due immediately Final payment due by Sept. 15, 2006 $100 per person deposit due immediately Please consult your Summary Plan Description (SPD) for a full description of your benefit coverage. In case of any conflict Final payment due by Sept. 15, 2006 between your Retired Members Bulletin and the SPD, the terms of the SPD shall govern. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. For ALL TRIP reservations and information, contact Vianka Biales at (646) 473-8756. Questions for “Ask Your Fund” can be emailed to [email protected], or mailed to: 1199SEIU Retired Members While the RMD is happy to help make these trips available to 1199SEIU retirees, these trips are not a Fund benefit. Division, 330 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor, New York NY 10036, Attn: Retired Members Bulletin. The 1199SEIU Funds are not responsible for transportation, food, lodging or any of the activities that occur during the trip. 4290A.qxd 7/10/06 10:43 AM Page 2 1199SEIU RMD 1199SEIU ACTIVIST PAGE President’s Message Retired Members Dear Sisters and Brothers, campaigns. In fact, in the 2004 presidential election, Mensaje Del Presidente 1199SEIU retirees came out in full force, moving to key Division Bridge Our Union has an enormously important campaign battleground states for months at a time. But not every John Perkins unfolding in the next six months. I want to call your retiree can volunteer their time and we need every retiree Class attention to it and to solicit your support and involvement. to play their part. Our Union needs each and every This campaign will have a huge impact on you as 1199SEIU retiree to also commit to paying $5 a month Always Wanted to Play Bridge? retirees, and on all of us. in dues. Now’s Your Chance! Queridos Hermanas y Hermanos: Dear Sisters and Brothers: We refer to this fall’s Your dues not only sustain the Union to engage in the Congressional elections. political process, it also helps our Union to fight for you. Bridge is a card game that Thanks to all of you who Gracias a todos los que asistieron We have a real possibility Think about everything you’ve achieved through our attended June’s retiree a la conferencia de jubilados de is both fun and mentally of winning back the House Union, and all of the health and pension benefits you conference. I was happy to see junio. Estuve feliz de ver a tantos challenging. Beginning in of Representatives and now receive. None of this was accomplished without so many of you there, and I de ustedes ahí y disfruté reunién- September, you can come possibly the Senate. We struggle. Nothing was given to you for free. dome y hablando con cada uno learn the game and meet enjoyed meeting and speaking probably don’t need to de ustedes. También sé que para other players through the agitate you about how with each of you. I know it was And none of this is guaranteed forever. Your benefits are todos nosotros fue importante Retired Members Division terribly wrong things are also important for all of us to negotiated over again with each Collective Bargaining escuchar a nuestro Presidente del Bridge class. going in the country — a Agreement. Funding for our healthcare institutions — and hear from our Union President, Sindicato, Dennis Rivera, sobre disastrous war based on indirectly your benefits — depends largely on Medicare Dennis Rivera, about how we cómo podemos participar en la Taught by Burt Knaiger, a lies, a growing healthcare and Medicaid funding. Keeping our Union strong and can be involved in protecting protección de nuestros beneficios y Bridge professional, the crisis with mounting numbers of uninsured and runaway able to continue to fight to protect what we’ve won our benefits and the health and sobre los beneficios de salud y class offers both beginning costs that jeopardize maintaining benefits, a tax giveaway depends on all of us. pension benefits of the next pensión de la próxima generación and advanced players an to the billionaires while the rest of us pay more, etc. generation of 1199SEIU de jubilados de 1199SEIU. opportunity to play in a All of this takes money. With 50,000 retired members, retirees. supportive, informal We have a chance of calling a halt to those policies this our Union could realize three million dollars a year from A medida que el Sindicato se learning environment. November. But it can’t be done without your support. our retired members — based on the minimum of five prepara para las próximas nego- As the Union prepares for dollars a month. Now that would make a difference. ciaciones contractuales, todos As the sisters and brothers who built our Union, nobody upcoming contract negotia- TUESDAY necesitamos contribuir con nuestra AFTERNOONS knows better than you of our proud traditions of tions, we all need to do our parte. Una de las formas más Beginning Sept. 5th progressive activism. Now we need you to carry on part. One of the easiest ways fáciles en que podemos hacer eso 1:30 - 4:30 pm those traditions even in retirement. we can do that is by paying our es pagando nuestras cuotas sindi- 1199SEIU RMD I am proud that so many 1199SEIU retirees have Union dues.