Luau at the Meader's
Bill and Sharon Meader will host our last meeting
of the season on Friday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. This will be a luau, just fun and
eating (and we'll install the officers for next year). Sharon will provide Kailua
Pork, sweet potatoes, bread, beverages, and a salad. Please bring an appetizer,
salad or dessert, and if you are up to it, we'd like a couple of dishes of Teriyaki
Chicken to round out the main course. And bring a lawn chair if you have one.
The cherries should be ripe; if you'd like some, bring a container.
Sharon
needs an accurate head count by Wednesday, June 13, and an idea about what
you'd like to bring. Call her before then at 627-0424 or email sobmeader@member.afa.org.
Map to the Meader's in the mailed copy of the newsletter.
From HQ
MOAA
Having Trouble Finding a TRICARE Provider?
MOAA is conducting
a survey to identify locations where military beneficiaries are having trouble
finding doctors who will accept TRICARE or Medicare patients, as applicable. We've
had more than 2,500 responses to our survey so far, but that's not enough to validate
the existence of any problems. We want to hear about your experience in this area,
good or bad.
Please take the survey, and ask your TRICARE-eligible friends
to do the same. http://moaaonline.org/ct/XpqS-dY1jRUr/
Abusive Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
May 8, 2007, New
York Times editorial states some Medicare Advantage plan salespeople have been
caught using hard-sell tactics to pressure seniors into signing up for policies
that may leave them worse off than they would be with traditional Medicare coverage.
The abusive sales tactics are particularly egregious among private fee-for-service
plans and partly explain why fee-for-service plans are the fastest growing types
of coverage among private Medicare plans. Another reason for the high sales growth
of private fee-for-service plans is the high rate of government subsidies provided
to companies who sell the plans. Several states are investigating a range of sales
abuses that already have been observed. Illegal tactics have included enrolling
unwilling consumers and forgery of signatures. Consumers must be careful to ensure
their doctors will accept the private fee-for-service plan and fully understand
the copayment provisions of the private plan.
Be a well-informed consumer
and don't allow yourself to be pressured into action. Ask people you trust for
guidance if you have questions.