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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1170574" data-attributes="member: 29553">&quot;the old board paid our bills&quot;...as written by agitator 2Exactly teamster804.&nbsp; We the members need to be responsible for our actions and even our ignorance.&nbsp; The job of the trustees on the h/w funds is to PROTECT THE FUNDS to make sure there is enough money to pay the bills through the length of the contract.&nbsp; And it is the job of everyone of us COVERED by the funds to know WHICH hospital is good and which is not.&nbsp; Which doctor is in our network and which ones arent.&nbsp; We are all adults.&nbsp; We cannot just say:&nbsp; &quot;oops i didnt know&quot;.&nbsp; Emergencies are another matter, but cluelessly going out of the network without picking up a phone and calling the h/w number is stupid.&nbsp; These people who are too lazy to do this jeopardize our funds.&nbsp; For too long it did go on and look what happened.&nbsp; We were months away from our funds being IN THE RED (that is negative funds)!!&nbsp; That would have meant disaster for all of us!!&nbsp; I know some of you old guard followers like to say the old guys paid the bills.&nbsp; But what you are totally blind to is THAT WAS NEGLIGENCE!! (Redmond and that crew all LIED to us about the condition of the funds!!)&nbsp; It takes leadership skills to tell the members the truth and tell them STOP GOING OUT OF NETWORK DUMMIES YOU ARE BANKRUPTING THE FUNDS!!&nbsp; That type of leadership along with some difficult decisions SAVED OUR FUNDS. That is what leaders do but for that they get attacked!!&nbsp; Go figure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1170574, member: 29553"] "the old board paid our bills"...as written by agitator 2 Exactly teamster804. We the members need to be responsible for our actions and even our ignorance. The job of the trustees on the h/w funds is to PROTECT THE FUNDS to make sure there is enough money to pay the bills through the length of the contract. And it is the job of everyone of us COVERED by the funds to know WHICH hospital is good and which is not. Which doctor is in our network and which ones arent. We are all adults. We cannot just say: "oops i didnt know". Emergencies are another matter, but cluelessly going out of the network without picking up a phone and calling the h/w number is stupid. These people who are too lazy to do this jeopardize our funds. For too long it did go on and look what happened. We were months away from our funds being IN THE RED (that is negative funds)!! That would have meant disaster for all of us!! I know some of you old guard followers like to say the old guys paid the bills. But what you are totally blind to is THAT WAS NEGLIGENCE!! (Redmond and that crew all LIED to us about the condition of the funds!!) It takes leadership skills to tell the members the truth and tell them STOP GOING OUT OF NETWORK DUMMIES YOU ARE BANKRUPTING THE FUNDS!! That type of leadership along with some difficult decisions SAVED OUR FUNDS. That is what leaders do but for that they get attacked!! Go figure. [/QUOTE]

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