Fact is Mistake, the old board screwed up the medical. It took this new board to fix the neglected problems. If changes werent made, by this June you would have no medical! But the new board made the difficult choices that needed to be made. A matter of fact, that new $200 emergency room fee has saved the fund alot of money. I dont know the exact figures but it has stopped a lot of the previous abuses of the system. Are the new co-pays high?? Absolutely, but when compared to other plans it still is a good deal. They are trying to work out the kinks. It does suck on the fact that we have to practically proof any one who medically attends to us or our family to see if they are in our plan!! But this is our union , our fund, we all have to read the fine print and know to stay in the network. It is in all of our interests!!
Tell us the
real Facts Brown, Our E board designs a
projected graft stating where the benefits would be in June of 2011 if they did not make these changes to our health benefits. And you actually
believe there
lie's. There projection of no benefits by June was another one of there
lies and another way to
blame others for there poor
excuse of defending our pensions, health & welfare and retiree healthcare benefits as they promised in there campaigne. It wasn't a difficult choice for them to make because UPS
told them what to do and they just did it. The only difficult choice for them was who they could
blame for there
screw ups. Brown, if you knew how to read that phony graft you would see the medical was to run out by about may of 2010 not June 2011.
Now
you blame the members for abusing the system. Who are you and the e board going to
blame next.....
You say this plan is a good deal, you must be on the e board. A good deal
to you means paying a co-pay for every type of x-ray, blood work or radiology test your doctor sends you to is a good deal. I posted my medical bill in my last post. 100.00 in copay's from one visit for 4 tests done from the same lab on the same day in the same place at the same time, and you say this plan is a good deal. These testes where done to rule out some serious illness, and the
only thing your E board has done by
reducing our once good benefits and
raising our co-pays and out of pocket expense is
deter our members from getting the
medical attention we really
need because we are afraid of getting hit with a 150.00
bill if we go to the doctor.
Now do you actually think I want them to netgociate our next contract. lol
They cannot be trusted...plain and simple