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CAT Tracks for November 1, 2013
TOTAL RETIREE ADVANTAGE ILLINOIS...'TRAIL' |
Below, you will find links to the TRAIL website, as well as PDF documents giving the schedule of meetings and "Your Retiree Healthcare Decision Guide".
From the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS)
Total Retiree Advantage Illinois (TRAIL) Website
Your Retiree Healthcare Decision Guide
To view a video update on the changes coming to the state insurance program from IEA President Cinda Klickna and IEA lobbyist Will Lovett, click here.
CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
As IEA President Cinda Clickna advised in the video...
...the decision is YOUR decision, a personal decision.
CATs used to ask me "What do I do?" when it came to retirement decisions. I declined to give any advice, except to "Call TRS". There was no way that I was going to offer any "jailhouse lawyer" advice on something of such importance and then feel responsible if the member became unhappy with her/his decision.
That position has not changed...
...the only change, I guess, it that my advice is now to "Call CMS" (or the health providers listed.)
BTW:
When I looked through the "Decision Guide" and got to the page that shows the map of Illinois, I thought, well, the "decision" for me is a no-brainer...that, for Alexander County, there is only one choice (United Healthcare) and not three.
However,
When I went to my mailbox yesterday, what did I find...
What the heck?
So, I asked myself:
"Self, what do I do?"
Self responded:
"Call CMS" (or the health providers listed.)
To which I responded:
"&%$#!"
Yes, I feel your pain...
