{"id":197,"date":"2021-07-27T14:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2021-08-16T08:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T12:17:01","slug":"medical-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/medical-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video of the third BNL information session with SelectQuote, which took place in Berkner auditorium on October 17&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Retiree Medical Benefits\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F12xZ2aFIDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Article Offers Advice for Selecting Your New Healthcare Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, BSA will no longer offer the medical plans CIGNA and HIP VIP for&nbsp; Medicare-eligible participants. Instead, BSA has chosen SelectQuote Senior, a private healthcare exchange, to assist participants in electing new healthcare plans for medical and prescription drug coverage that best meets their needs. This&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/blog\/2021\/07\/27\/shifting-options-within-medicare-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times article from Oct. 3, 2014<\/a>, offers clear and critical information for BNL retirees who are in the process of choosing medical and prescription drug coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minimum Required Distribution &#8211; Will we out live it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That is the leading question on the front page of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/Vol7No2.pdf\">October 8, 2007 BREA Newsletter<\/a>.\u00a0 Elliot Auerbach addressed this question at the request of the BREA Board; in addition to the article he has provided an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/blog\/2021\/07\/27\/minimum-required-distribution\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excel spread sheet which can be downloaded<\/a>, allowing one to modify the computation using differing\u00a0 assumptions about earnings, future inflation rates, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Screening Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BNL management has informed BREA of a medical screening program which has as its stated goal is to \u201cprovide a free medical screening to construction workers who helped to build our nation&#8217;s nuclear defense sites\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnl.gov\/bera\/activities\/brea\/archive\/med_screening.html\">here<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medicare&nbsp;Prescription Drug Program&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people have been confused about the new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plan and their current coverage from BSA\/BNL. Human Resources strongly recommends that retirees NOT enroll in a Part D plan. An ad-hoc committee from BREA consisting of Barney MacAlary and Eliott Auerbach have been looking into this and agree with HR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/BREA_RX_PLANS_ANALYSIS_10_05-1.pdf\">BREA ANALYSIS OF MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE<\/a>\u00a0and here for an important notice from BNL about your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/BNL_Medcare_Rx_coverage_notice10_05.pdf\">Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare<\/a>.\u00a0 Please note that the Benefits Office states that recipients should save this notice as it might be needed if you change plans.\u00a0 It is intended to retain a copy on this web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Update from Dr. Falco<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/08\/FALCO-EEOICPA-1.pdf\">EEOICPA changes<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of the third BNL information session with SelectQuote, which took place in Berkner auditorium on October 17&#8230; Article Offers Advice for Selecting Your New Healthcare Plan Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, BSA will no longer offer the medical plans CIGNA and HIP VIP for&nbsp; Medicare-eligible participants. Instead, BSA has chosen SelectQuote Senior, a private healthcare&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/medical-benefits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Medical Benefits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bera.bnl.gov\/brea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}