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PROFESSIONAL REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
Therapy Announcement

About Your Benefits
 

Hello Brothers  & Sisters!
First of all we would like to wish J.D. Hogan and his lovely wife Karen the best in J.D.’s retirement, and ‘Good health to you both’.  For those who don’t know, J.D. is retiring January 1st, 2012 after 42 years of which 17 years were as your Benefit Representative.  He will be missed.

Retiree Changes:

Starting January 1st, 2012, retirees will receive 4 primary care physician office visits-this is for non-Medicare enrolled in the Traditional Plan.  One (1) wellness visit and three (3) routine visits.  These four (4) visits are per person on Plan at $25.00 copay for each.
 

Preventive dental and routine vision exams have been returned.  To see exact coverage visit website www.uawtrust.org.  Specific questions about these benefits can be answered by calling Health Care Connect at 866-637-7555. 
 

Did you know that you can be retired and apply for social security disability?
  RETIREES enrolled in self-paid continuation of dental coverage will see a rate increase beginning January 2012.  If you wish to continue coverage you do not have to do anything.  However, if you wish to cancel or change your coverage please call the GM Benefit Services Center at 1-800-489-4646 Monday through Friday between 7:30 am and 6:00 pm EST.  If you call to change your coverage after November 23, 2011 you will be billed for January 2012.
2012 Monthly Premiums:
Self $55.53; Self and Spouse $106.30; Self plus Child(ren) $105.01 Self plus Family$162.02.
2012 No Change for Monthly self-pay Vision:
Self $4.06; Self and Spouse $7.31; Self plus Child(ren); Self plus family $12.20.
 Traditional Pension Plan-effective January 1, 2010 retirees who marries or remarries MUST contact the GM Benefits and Services Center within 18 months of marriage or remarriage to elect surviving spouse coverage (no longer automatic with health care enrollment or life insurance election).

Active and Retiree Changes:

• Legal Service will be eliminated as of December 31, 2013.  Any applications for legal services will be processed to completion if they run past December 31st 2013.

Active Traditional Changes:

• For active members single tooth endosteal implants are a benefit payable at 50%.
• Introducing a new look to your paystub
• GM Payroll Services is pleased to offer 24-hour account access without the need to log into Socrates.  Instructions are being mailed to you by GM1-Pay step by step instructions and the Registration Passcode.  If you have questions, please call 1-866-245-5957 for assistance. The first time you access the site you will need to complete a registration process.  GM- GSS-Payroll will be providing new features over time, so be sure to register today!
• Wigs for adult cancer patients are now covered.
• Traditional
• FMLA-Employees will need to call 1-800-489-4646 to request an FMLA (leave) and to report an absence against that leave and must also call in to 1-800-222-8889.
• PSP hardship withdrawals reduced to six (6) per year.
• Payroll will withhold loan repayments from Disability (S&A) and Layoff (SUB) benefit payments starting in January 1st, 2013.
• Attention cancer patients-wigs are now covered.

Traditional Employee Life Insurance
  The parties agreed to continue full coverage for post age 65 active employees and eliminate the age trigger for reduction of Basic Life Insurance Coverage.  Effective March 1, 2012, BLI will begin to reduce 18 months after the retirement effective date by 2% per month until reaching the “ultimate amount.”  Extra Accident insurance will discontinue 18 months after the employees retirement date.

Traditional and Entry Level Employees
  Mental health visits are covered in Network at 100% for visits 1-20 and 21-35 at 75% (max $25.00 copay) for 36 plus.  Flex-employees in-network visits1-20 at 100%, visits 21-35 at 75%, & 36 plus 100% co-pay.
  Life Steps will be returning to the plant and have added Bone Marrow screening as part of Life Steps activities.
  If you have questions about your benefits you may contact us at 913-573-7421.
  We hope to see retirees at the next union meeting, December 20, 2011 (3rd Tuesday of the month). We wish that the coming year will bring you peace, good health, good cheer and much prosperity for you and your families during the negotiated holiday and the coming New Year.               (913)573-7421
1st Shift
Craig Dumortier
Cheryl Millican
2nd Shift
J.D. Hogan
Bobbie Dunnell
(913) 573-7480 3rd Shift
Sandy Martinez
Shawana Woods
Delphi and Leeds Caretaker

National Benefit Center (800) 489-4646
BCBS Traditional (816) 395-3061
BCBS Blue Care (816)395-2700