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Re: Suggestion on How to Make this Board More Worthwhile
suspicious_mind
?Yeah, IBMPension is losing value real fast..once again, the Don guy is is not an IBM retiree is posting a lot of verbose useless stuff...noise level today was sky-high! In ibmpensionissues@..., "zimowski@..." <zimowski@...> wrote:
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Re: Strange Bootlegging
icarlosdanger
I forgot, there are many low-information folks that needed stuff pre-filtered. Sorry.
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Ah yes, and you probably get all your news from PBS and NPR, eh? Let's see if the union site posts anything about what the re-elected Trumka said yesterday about Obamacare!! Ha! ? --- In ibmpensionissues@..., <ibmpensionissues@...> wrote: Why do you think this is strange? There are numerous IBM-related groups and worthwhile information is spread all over the place. There's also a lot of nonsense that gets posted that makes it a PITA to weed through things to find the good stuff. So AlwaysOnTheRoad summarizes things and makes it easy to find what he considers posts that are worth reading. I wouldn't call it bootlegging. Just think of it as the Readers Digest of IBM groups. And yes, some may think that he is biased and picks things that he agrees with. Overall, I think he does a pretty good job of presenting both sides. But you can never make everyone happy. |
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Re: Strange Bootlegging
edward_berkline
Why do you think this is strange?
There are numerous IBM-related groups and worthwhile information is spread all over the place. There's also a lot of nonsense that gets posted that makes it a PITA to weed through things to find the good stuff. So AlwaysOnTheRoad summarizes things and makes it easy to find what he considers posts that are worth reading. I wouldn't call it bootlegging. Just think of it as the Readers Digest of IBM groups. And yes, some may think that he is biased and picks things that he agrees with. Overall, I think he does a pretty good job of presenting both sides. But you can never make everyone happy. |
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Re: Suggestion on How to Make this Board More Worthwhile
buckwildbeemer
more:
--- In ibmpensionissues@..., <ibmpensionissues@...> wrote: I agree. I never understood why the ibmpension moderators approved so many posts from Don Shuper. I gave up trying to get posts approved many years ago. --- In ibmpensionissues@..., "zimowski@..." <zimowski@...> wrote: |
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Re: Yahoo neo format?
carsy_1999
My ID was switch to neo format and I do not like it. --- In ibmpensionissues@..., <no_reply@...> wrote: I have not had my ID subjected to the new Yahoo neo format so far, so I get to see and do everything the same way I have for the last few years. Based on what I have read, I am lucky so far. Who has been neo-ized and who has not yet?
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WSJ Reporter Seeks Retirees to Speak With
ronald_mobkas
Crossposting from:
Hey folks, My name is Spencer Ante. I cover technology for the Wall Street Journal. I am looking to speak with some IBM retirees to get their views on this Extend Health move. If you attended the San Jose briefing hosted by Extend Health I would also be interested in hearing your feedback on that session. I can be reached at spencer.ante @ wsj.com. Thanks in advance for considering the request. best regards, Spencer |
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Re: News for 110,000 retirees
Remember about a million years ago when you were young and hiring on. I remember the manager telling me I had the job and how my bride would have free medical coverage for life?
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-------------------------------------------- On Sat, 9/7/13, buckwildbeemer <no_reply@...> wrote:
Subject: [ibmpensionissues] News for 110,000 retirees To: ibmpensionissues@... Date: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 5:00 PM ? News for 110,000 retirees |
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Re: Can we use this forum to collectively help the group?
non_manager
Hi Tony, How can we all be of help? Tell us how far you have progressed with EH so far, etc. --- In ibmpensionissues@..., <ibmpensionissues@...> wrote:
Thank you. I just joined this group and was about to drop out after reading the first few highly partisan rant conversations. |
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Re: Extend Health?
non_manager
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=extend+health+towers+watson by??Aug 14th 2013 6:22AM Towers Watson Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Earnings
Fiscal Year 2013 Adjusted Diluted EPS of $5.57, an increase of 8% over prior year? Fiscal Year 2013 Free Cash Flow of $453 million, an increase of 136% over prior year?
--- In ibmpensionissues@..., <ibmpensionissues@...> wrote: Does anyone know anything about this Extend Health that IBM is going to for it's benefits package? ?There was a "teaser" video on UTUBE a few days ago, and yesterday we got their "Getting Started" package in the mail. ?I went to their web site, and there is nothing there about services and costs until a person creates an account, and then sets up an appointment to create a benefits package. ? I'm becoming a bit of a pessimist over this whole ACA/Obamacare thing, and I'm getting mentally prepared for a substantial reduction in what we have been getting from IBM. ?I will be pleasantly surprised if this thing has any positive ramifications.? |
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Extend Health?
Does anyone know anything about this Extend Health that IBM is going to for it's benefits package? ?There was a "teaser" video on UTUBE a few days ago, and yesterday we got their "Getting Started" package in the mail. ?I went to their web site, and there is nothing there about services and costs until a person creates an account, and then sets up an appointment to create a benefits package. ?
I'm becoming a bit of a pessimist over this whole ACA/Obamacare thing, and I'm getting mentally prepared for a substantial reduction in what we have been getting from IBM. ?I will be pleasantly surprised if this thing has any positive ramifications.? |
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Re: Can we use this forum to collectively help the group?
Thank you. I just joined this group and was about to drop out after reading the first few highly partisan rant conversations. And then I read this one (Can we use this forum to collectively....). The discussions and comments were very useful for one who just got word of being pushed to a Medicare-eligible Exchange.? Think I will stick for awhile.? --- In ibmpensionissues@..., <no_reply@...> wrote: If you really want to helpful to the rest of us post something simple and concise that informs us of something specific that might impact us IBM retirees. Or ask the group to collectively help with a specific issue relating to IBM pensions. I have been overwhelmed by the recent posting from some you regarding the Affordable Care Act.
I would like to challenge you members who have been posting to stop using: - Labels such as Republicans versus Democrats - Name calling ->conservatives, right wing ->liberals, socialists, communists, Obamacare, etc... ->racist - Using slang ->recent example of this is someone used "his lettuce" which I think is referring to his saved assets or retirement income - Using rumors or unproven generalizations about the US government's intentions with regard to laws that have been passed Using the above mentioned in your posts forces us all to take one side or the other with no aid in helping an IBM retiree better understand or deal with a pension issue. |
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Re: Surviving Spouses
edward_berkline
Yes, they are entitled to the HRA contribution.
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Re: Possible Employment for Those With Little or No Pension?
icarlosdanger
"Navigator" update:
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According to President Obama, implementation of ObamaCare, his signature chunk of legislation, is rolling out exactly as he envisioned. If so, he needs eyeglasses to go along with his Nicorette. With questionable legal authority, the Obama administration has already had to postpone two major aspects of the complex legislation, despite three full years of preparation time. Also, we now know healthcare will not be cheaper; premiums have already gone up. You probably won't get to keep your existing plan if you like it. Big business, Congress and White House folks got special delays and waivers. But us regular people still must follow every letter. And now we're learning of an immense barrel of worms in the enrollment process that is terrifying privacy and civil liberties advocates and many states' attorneys general. All this when, according to Gallup, a growing majority of Americans disapprove of the law, 52% last month, up from 46% when Obama was reelected. The unspoken goal of ObamaCare implementation is, of course, to sign up as many millions of Americans as quickly as possible to get the new federal money flowing out as soon as possible, theoretically creating a hardcore cadre of entitlement-addicted citizens opposed to the law's repeal, reform or defunding. The administration is already spending hundreds of millions of dollars encouraging people to enroll to get your taxpayer dollars, even if they were happy with the health plan they had. This includes having public school teachers take valuable class time to train pupils to sell ObamaCare to parents and family. Never mind English and math. Have you heard of "navigators"? No, not Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco de Gama. These new battalions of government employees are being hired to help applicants enroll quicker for this Rube Goldberg-monstrosity called ObamaCare. Isn't that thoughtful? These navigators will have absolutely zero background in insurance. But they'll be full of advice on what's best for you. And given Obama's record of truthfulness, who wouldn't trust a total government stranger implementing Obama's health plan? In theory, these public employees will provide unbiased information to potential applicants about the best plans for them. To do this, navigators will assemble all the necessary personal information for each applicant from the vast new federal government data center. It too is late and will have dubious standards about who can access all this data. That's the data center authorized to plug into more than a half dozen major federal bureaucracies, including the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Social Security and -- wait for it! -- the Internal Revenue Service. The service that was using names to politically penalize conservative groups that Obama says he was totally clueless about. --- In ibmpensionissues@..., Sheila Beaudry <sbbeaudry@...> wrote:
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