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February 9,2002
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Officers: President: Max Schwartz, 111 Meade
Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19027 215-635-3209 Secretary: Archie C. Ashley, 111 Devon Rd., Chalfont, PA
18914 822-9421 Treasurer: Isolde W. Porsche 211 Autumn Leaf Dr. Doylestown, PA 348-0463 |
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Newsletter
Editor: Norman D.
Melling, 17 Hillside Lane, Doylestown, PA 18901-2901 345-7939 |
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Communications
Director John DeMatteo 621 W. Sandy Ridge Rd., Doylestown,
Pa.18901-2127 345-9033 Telephone Com.
Coord.: Teeny Lacher 5
Broadale Ct., Doylestown, PA. 18901 345-9098
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Next Chapter Meeting: 1 PM Thursday
FEBRUARY 21, 2002
WHERE: Giuseppe’s Pizza & Restaurant in Warminster
(215-674-5550)
PLEASE CALL TEENY AT 215-345-9098 IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND.
We welcome all Federal Retirees. Encourage your fellow
retiree to attend. Bring your spouse!
Please plan to attend and show your support.
We want you to be involved and participate in NARFE 740 efforts for our
retirement support activities. We need new members to take actions and
participate in activities.
Although we see that the economy and Home Front security
seems to be dominant in our attention, we also need to make sure that we
preserve our retirement benefits by keeping informed and take action on
legislative matters that affect our retirement. The issue of fairness and
responsibility are included in proposed changes to laws in the House and
Senate. See your “Retirement Life” magazine for details.
We need volunteers from our Chapter 740 to help make up
presentation material, such as; Power Point and analytical graphics, to present
to Congressman Jim Greenwood. He indicated that he is available to be convinced
that the proposed laws are not “windfalls” that unfairly benefit Federal
retirees. The presentations must be clear, concise and accurately represent the
actual comparative information to influence him to support this proposed
legislation. He is open to meet with us, but we must correctly powerfully
present the need to undo the destructive laws that especially hurt those on the
lowest income ladder, such as those widows of low income retirees hurt by these
laws. Fairness also means pre-tax health benefit coverage cost for retirees.
Please let us know how you can help.
If you have access to the e-mail please send a message to
John DeMatteo. It will help us cut down on the expenses to distribute the
newsletters; as well as provide alerts and action notices. We plan to send you
the Newsletter directly as an e-mail attachment, or as a link to our web site,
to read or download and print the Newsletter. Send address and comments to:
JDeMatteo4@home.com
REMEMBERENCE: Alvin
C. Stallsmith
Don’t forget to keep your spouse informed about your
annuity!
LTC Choices Will Be Limited in Early Enrollment Federal
employees, retirees and eligible family members wishing to take advantage of
the early enrollment opportunity running March 25-May 15 for federal long-term
care insurance will not have the full range of choices available to them as
will those who wait until the formal open season running July 1-December 31,
the Office of Personnel Management has announced. For example, those signing up
during the early enrollment period will not have the option of choosing
lifetime coverage; instead, they will have to choose coverage only for a given
period of time (probably either three or five years) that will have the effect
of creating a pool of money available for benefits rather than lifetime
coverage. Other restrictions may apply to early enrollments, as well. Those
electing early enrollment will be able to change their coverage during the open
season should they wish to select benefits not available during the early
enrollment
period.
CONGRESSIONAL CONTACTS
The Honorable Arlen Spector: Rm. 530 Hart
Senate Office Bldg. Wash, DC 20510(215-597-7200 & 202 224-4254)
The Honorable Rick Santorum: B-40 Dirkson
Senate Office Bldg. Wash. DC 20510(215-684-6900 & 202-224-6324)
8th
District, Congressman Jim Greenwood:
Rm. 515 Cannon House Office Bldg. Wash. DC 20515 (215-348-7511 &
202-225-4276)
13th
District, Congressman Joe Hoffel:
Rm. 1229 Longworth House Office Bldg. Wash. DC 20515 (610-272-8400 &
202-225-6111)
Office of Personnel Management, Wash DC 20415 (1-88-US-OPM-RET=1-888-767-6738, or
202-606-0500)
OPM
Retirement Operations Center, Boyers, PA. (714-794-5216)
OPM Specifies Eligibility for LTC
With the initial enrollment opportunity just
ahead, OPM has issued guidance regarding exactly who will be-and won't
be-eligible for coverage under the long-term care insurance program. To see
whether you're in or out, go to http://www.fedweek.com/HotFreeNews/default.asp for the full
story in the hot free info section of our website.
Doylestown Chapter 740,
NARFE
Max Schwartz, President
111 Meade Rd.
Elkins Park, Pa. 19027-2218