"NEW LEGISLATION IN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROACHES..."
TIME TO DO SOME HOMEWORK
It seems that Marianne has been burning the midnight candle. There is currently legislation in the City Council (Sponsored by Amanda Farias of District 18 of the NY City Council) that would protect choice for retirees such that:
"the City shall offer Medicare-eligible City retirees and
their Medicare-eligible dependents at least one Medigap
plan with benefits equivalent to or better than those
available to City retirees and their dependents as of
December 31, 2021. Nothing herein shall be construed
to impair the ability of any employee organization to
negotiate the terms and conditions of employment for
their employee members"
THE NYC ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC RETIREES ARE NOW ENGAGED THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW A MEDIGAP PLAN INTO THE MIX. PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO SEE WHETHER YOUR DOCTOR(S) ARE IN THE NEW AETNA NETWORK. IF THEY ARE NOT PLEASE ALERT NYCOPR SO THEY CAN USE YOUR INFORMATION TO ALLOW ANOTHER PLAN; A MEDIGAP PLAN SO WE WOULD HAVE A CHOICE IN SELECTING A PLAN. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THE AETNA PLAN OR THE HIP PLAN.
SO CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE WHETHER YOUR DOCTORS ARE IN THE PLAN: Provider Search - Home (aetna.com)
ONCE YOU ARE THERE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER,
JUST CONTINUE AS A "GUEST"
FILL IN YOUR HOME ZIP CODE, THIS WILL BE FASTER AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEARCH TO SEE IF YOUR CURRENT DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS ARE IN THE NETWORK.
IF ONE OF YOUR DOCTORS ARE NOT IN THE NETWORK, SEND THAT NOTIFICATION TO ME; bill@fdnyrma.org
I WILL COMPRISE A LIST OF DOCTORS, SPECIALISTS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT ARE NOT IN THE NETWORK AND THEN SEND IT OFF TO MARIANNE.
SO FAR WE HAVE FOUND THAT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IS NOT IN THE PLAN. IF YOU HAVE MORE OF THESE PLEASE EMAIL ME- bill@fdnyrma.org
MARIANNE WILL BE SENDING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. THOSE LETTERS YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN THE US MAIL ARE DAUNTING AND IT GIVES YOU ONLY ONE CHOICE-THE AETNA PLAN. IT ALSO "THREATENS" YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO OPT OUT, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MEDICARE PART B REIMBURSEMENT AND YOUR IRMA. HOPEFULLY THOSE LETTERS WILL SOON HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER PLAN, AN ADDENDUM,
LET'S HOPE.
