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Check out what GM is saying:
Check out what GM is saying:
Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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Co-pay and deductibles are being increased.
LLNS said they did a competitive bid process and are adding Anthem Blue Cross HMO, while dropping Health Net and Pacific Care HMOs. They said under Anthem Blue Cross there was a 90% overlap in Docs and 100% of top 10 hospitals already used by Lab employees compared to Health Net and Pacific Care. Anthem Blue Cross is also a nation wide system.
LLNS President GM claims LLNL cost increased $35 million for employee health and welfare benefits this year - and LLNS picking up 95% of the increase. He said next year, without these changes, cost would increase another 13% or $20 million.
Closes his letter with a claim that LLNS, through the changes, will "...create a plan that benefits our Laboratory by keeping cost under control and ensures that employees will continue to receive the best care available."
I agree! Decisions made by the elite's FOR the elite's...screw everyone else.
" Hey bud, I have a vacation house in Hawaii that could be your's if we get the contract."
That should get them out the door wouldn't you say. Oh and don't forget it will attract the brightest the nation has to offer. Ever wonder how the people making the rules get paid so much. It can't believe it has anything to with being smart therefore it must be weigh heavily on butt-sniffing skills and politics which are one in the same.
You should have also noted the double standard - DOE/NNSA employees, who don't actually do any real work just oversight of LLNS and its employees, get a real federal pension. However, they were the ones forcing contractors to go with 401ks... maybe Congress should require that federal employees live by they same health care/retirement plan rules they impose on their contractors.
I agree but did you know that every senator and congress person gets their full pay and benefits for the rest of their lives just for doing five years of service. That just five years. What are you going to get after 35-40 years. Some jackass in Washington DC telling you after retirement that you health benefits have been changed and you have to pay more while people like Polusi tell you we have to tax your retirement pay to help pay the way for those who didn't save to make their own retirement plan. Can you say Marxism to the max. Yeah, these people we have running LLNS are no better than the ones who just voted in an $810B debt for YOU to pay while they give your money to those who signed on the dotted line to pay a mortgage fee of which your tax money is now going to let them Weasel out of yet still plant their butts in that $500K - $750K home that you knew you could never afford. Is this like distributing the wealth to the bozo's who should have never had it in the first place. It only gets better people !!! I'm glad I don't have much longer on this earth. I have seen enough corruption at all levels in my life time to convince me I'm glad life is coming to an end shortly. I just feel sorry for my son and daughter and can't find a way to tell them "I'm Sorry" without hurting their feeling for what I have done and having brought them into this world and society.
Anonymous Retiree
I forgot to mention one good point for having the Blue Cross insurance plan available to you -- if an employee moves out of state after retiring, Blue Cross is useable in any state. Some employers do NOT offer health plans useable out of state but instead offer reimbursment to retiree to cover some/all health ins premium cost retiree has purchased in the new state (probably not a group plan). The reimbursement amount ties in with the employer's lowest health plan premium cost (someone else will have to explain how the reimbursement works exactly, but this is close). Having BC available would alleviate those worries of having to find reasonable non-group health ins in another state, plus, lab health plans come with the drug plan so no hassels with that when going on Medicare. At least I HOPE they retain the drug plan when going on Medicare as they do currently.
Goerge is that you?
No it's not but I wish I was that person who made $437K a year with perks I would have a problem in the world and would leave and live happily ever after to never concern myself with money issues ever again.Could you imagine having a check for $37K a month roll in on time every month. That would be a dream come true and he did it by being a prick and screwing all of those under him. That would make him and FR a pair of pricks.
PS If you do get sick go on vacation to a state that doesn't have Kaiser. Get yourself in a real hospital and make them pay for it.
I am more concerned about the lives of my family, without them there is no point in working here.
http://www.llnlretirees.org/home.html
NEW: Schedule of Health Care Events for LLNL Retirees
The following health care information was received from LLNS recently.
October 27: Mail open enrollment packets to retirees
November 3: Retiree Meeting (Tracy Community Center)
Medicare retiree sessions: 9:00 and 1:00
Non-Medicare retiree sessions: 10:15 and 2:15
November 6: Retiree Meeting (Robert Livermore Center)
Medicare retiree sessions: 9:00 and 1:00
non-Medicare retiree sessions: 10:15 and 2:15
November 10 - November 21: Open enrollment for non-Medicare retirees
November 5 - November 26: Open enrollment for Medicare retirees
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My comment especially to non-Medicare retirees -- Pay very close attention to the changes. An Exclusive Provider Organization is different from a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). You do not have much open enrollment time.
-- A retiree.
I guess thats what ~30 years in the system buys you.