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AT&T Ameritech /SBC Retirees
Proudly working on behalf of retirees of the Bell System and successor companies of the New AT&T,
Located worldwide
First Quarter Newsletter
March, 2015
AASBCR® Board of Directors
Carole Lovell President – Director of Membership & Benefits
Chet Przybyslawski Vice President - CFO
Richard Runge Secretary
Larry Smith Vice President—Legislation & Regulation
Ron Widlewski Vice President—Communications
Ben A. Goodin Attorney – Agent
www.AASBCR.org
This Newsletter includes Blue Bulletins, a News Register and the letter from the Board
issued during the first quarter, January through March, 2015
What’s new in this issue?
From the Desk of Carole Lovell - President
Carole encourages members to read®bulletins carefully and talk to
other retirees about joining AASBCR .
From the Desk of Larry Smith – VP Legislation
Larry addresses the latest push in Washington toward de-risking
or risk shifting of pension responsibilities.
NRLN Action Alert
Pass the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2015
Previously Published
The following News Registers, Blue Bulletins and Letter from the Board have previously
been sent electronically to AASBCR members with email. They are included here for
those members without email capability.
Blue Bulletin, Vol 10, No 001, January 2015
AT&T Wireless Discount- A Cautionary Tale
Blue Bulletin, Vol 10, No 002, January 2015
AT&T Eligible Medicare Retirees Moved to Aon Retiree Health
Exchange
Blue Bulletin, Vol 10, No 003, March 2015
CarePlus Hearing Aid Benefit
News Register, No 001, March 2015
Alert: Potential Identity Theft – Anthem Data Breach
Letter from the Board, No 001, March, 2015
A Letter from the Board – Annual Meeting
All published documents are also available to Members on the website at
http://aasbcr.org
AASBCR® State Representatives
Florida,
Louisiana
Illinois
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Remaining
States
Pat Reichard
Ohio
Lee Grimes
Donna
Cummings
Ralph Kolderup
Loretta
McDowell
Ron Rhodes
Pamela Zitron
Ohio
Jim Martin
Ohio
Texas, Kansas,
Missouri
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Elaine Wolan
Rene Miller
Bob Ledvina
Carol Linder
If you or another member experience any problems receiving or
accessing Bulletins or Newsletters by email, please notify AASBCR®
by calling 312 962- 2770
From the Desk of Carole Lovell, President
March 2015
My fellow retirees,
It has been a big change but many AT&T Medicare eligible retirees along with
their dependents have made the move to the Aon Retiree Health Exchange.
Some retirees had to do a lot of investigation in order to make the right choice.
But, if we have chosen well, I predict that retirees will discover better coverage
than they had with the AT&T Medical Plans.
The AASBCR® Benefit Directors have worked closely with AT&T HR to clarify
the Hearing Aid coverage process through Care Plus. AASBCR® has just
released a Blue Bulletin which informs our members of the process. Since
many of us need hearing aids in our later years and many AT&T retirees have
purchased Care Plus, this is a benefit that a great number of retirees should
be able to use. Hopefully the bulletin clarifies the process. Please review it.
Speaking of bulletins, the AASBCR® volunteers work very hard to get retiree
members the latest information regarding benefits, discounts and the workings
in Washington DC. Please read all of the documents and encourage other
retirees to join AASBCR®. We all know there is much more to AASBCR® than
bulletins. AASBCR® continues to interface with AT&T HR and with Aon Hewitt
to be sure that all benefit issues and concerns are handled fairly.
AASBCR® wants you to share your knowledge and experiences with
AASBCR® with other retirees. This type of member involvement will make
your retiree group, AASBCR® stronger. Please consider telling your friends
and previous co-workers about our organization. These non-members may
be working through benefit issues or the confusion about the Aon Retiree
Health Exchange alone and with no ability to escalate issues to AT&T HR.
They also may be unaware of legislation being proposed or recommended in
Washington that can affect retirees. They should be able to provide direct
input to their Senators and Representatives to suggest effective legislation.
That’s what AASBCR® does for its members.
Encourage your friends to join AASBCR®. Tell them how AASBCR® interfaces
with AT&T HR and Aon Hewitt regarding the Aon Retiree Health Exchange.
Tell them about the good work being done with and for retirees in Washington
DC through our partnership with the NRLN. You are the best person to
accomplish that. Give them a copy of the AASBCR® brochure. It explains
what AASBCR® is all about.
Members can find the brochure by logging into the AASBCR® website at
http://aasbcr.org/. On the left side, click on PRINTABLE DOCUMENTS, and
then click on AASBCR® Members Brochure. If you need more copies of the
brochure, just send an email to [email protected] or call the
virtual office number at (312) 962-2770.
Our partners, the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) have recently
reported some good news for retirees regarding the practice at some hospitals
of showing patients as “under observation” and Medicare’s treatment of that
designation. We all need to be aware of what the NRLN is doing on behalf of
retirees. Larry Smith, AASBCR® VP Legislation and Regulation, will address
another important subject, de-risking, in this newsletter. I hope that all
AASBCR® retiree members understand the mission of the NRLN and the
support that it provides to all retirees.
This has been a long hard winter, so I wish you a beautiful Spring. Stay
healthy, safe, and happy!!
Carole Lovell
From the Desk of Larry Smith, VP – Legislation &
Regulation
March, 2015
Watch out whenever they invent new words. Unfortunately it has become
increasingly apparent in the world we live that we simply can't believe
everything we read, see or hear in the news, anybody's news. Everybody has
an agenda and of course there is more than one way to present that agenda.
The same is true for politics and legislation. As retirees we really need to
watch out whenever they invent new words. Early last year I started seeing a
new word, de-risking. No alarm bells went off. We have all worked for the
phone company and are reasonably well read. Risk is not usually a good
thing so de-risking, must be a good thing. Right? Maybe not.
The Omnibus Spending Bill passed by Congress and signed by the President
in Dec. 2014 has a provision that sets a precedent, providing plan sponsors a
new way to de-risk or remove pension obligations they have promised to
workers and retirees. Companies across multiple industries including three
large blue chip companies have moved to de-risk their pension promises by
transferring billions of dollars in assets either directly to retirees (as lump sum
payments) or to third party insurance companies (as group annuity buyouts).
Why is that important?
Retirees already receiving fixed monthly benefits have always believed that
they had the security of ongoing protection against default by the federal
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and other fiduciary protections
under the Employee Retirement Security Act (ERISA). That may no longer be
true if the newest and most abusive de-risking strategies are not tempered by
fiduciary responsibilities.
Simply put, your former company may choose to transfer plan assets of
current and/or future retirees to an insurance company through an involuntary
annuity buy out. As a retiree this means that your future pension distributions
are not guaranteed by your company nor by the PBGC. It also means that
those distributions are no longer under current or future ERISA protections.
De-risking in this scenario should more appropriately be called Risk Shifting.
The company is no longer responsible for future financial pension liabilities.
The insurance company gains a significant increase in assets and retirees’
future pension payments are no longer guaranteed by the Federal PBGC nor
ERISA laws.
AASBCR®, along with the NLRN, is directly involved in discussions with the
United States Treasury as well as members of Congress and their staffs to
modify and/or initiate legislation that insures that retirees are not on the
receiving end of risk shifting. This and dozens of other current issues are
some of the many things we are able to address because of your annual dues.
If you would like to read more on this subject there is comprehensive white
paper on this issue at the following link:
http://www.nrln.org/flyin%20whtpprs/De-risking%20White%20Paper.p
Office / Fax Number (312) 962-­2770 P.O. Box 7477, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-­7477 http://aasbcr.org/ NRLN Action Alert
Pass Medicare Access to Rehabilitation
Services Act of 2015
Prior to a March 31 deadline, Congress needs to pass the “Medicare
Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2015” (H.R. 775 and S. 539) which
would repeal the cap on Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy services
and speech-language pathology services.
If the bills are not passed, the cap will revert to a fixed maximum of $1,940
unless Congress again passes an appeals process for an additional $1,760
in therapy spending under Medicare that is contingent on Medicare
approval/authorization. Thus, the total absolute cap for therapy would be
$3,700.
Regardless of whether the amount provided by Medicare would be $1,940
or $3,700, many Medicare beneficiaries already experience much higher
costs for outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speechlanguage pathology services in order to recover from debilitating illnesses or
injuries. This is why the NRLN believes it makes sense to eliminate the cap
to protect Medicare beneficiaries from arbitrary limits.
I urge you to send the NRLN’s sample letters to urge your Representative
and Senators to pass the “Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of
2015.” Edit into the letter your own personal comments. Representative
Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (LA-03) introduced H.R. 775 and Maine
Senator Susan Collins and Maryland Senator Ben Cardin introduced S.
539.
In addition to sending the sample letter, send the request to editors for
editorial. If you use Social Media send a Tweet and post a comment on your
and your lawmakers’ webpages. Also, follow up these actions with a phone
call to their Washington, DC or state/district office. Phone numbers are
available through the NRLN’s website directory at
http://www.congressweb.com/nrln/legislators .
Bill Kadereit, President
National Retiree Legislative Network
Here are the steps to follow☺
Click here to access the NRLN’s sample letters. The NRLN Action Network
system will identify for you which letter is to be sent to your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators.
If you have a problem with this link, go to www.nrln.org and click on the
“Take Action Now” near the top of the NRLN website home page. When the
Action Alert appears, click on the “Write your Legislators” link.
1) When you have accessed the NRLN sample letters, to the left of the
letters, are windows to type in your contact information, required by
members of Congress so they know they are receiving an email from a
constituent. If you have sent previous NRLN emails to your members of
Congress your contact information may be automatically displayed.
-2) Personalize the letters by editing in your own comments.
-3) Click on the "Preview" button and the letters addressed to your
Representative and two Senators will appear. Check to make sure the
letters to your members of Congress appear correct and then click "Send".
AT&T Ameritech /SBC Retirees - We are AASBCR®
Blue Bulletin
Vol. 10 No. 001 January, 2015
Rem inder to AASBCR ® retiree m em bers - Bulletins and the website are paid for
by AASBCR ® m em bers. Please do not share with non-m em bers. Rem em ber,
there is m ore to AASBCR ® than inform ation. W e work with AT&T HR and with
the NRLN and Congress in support of retirees. Our dues pay for all of this.
Encourage retiree friends to join and support AASBCR ® in our fight.
AT&T Wireless Discount - A Cautionary Tale
Jim, a retiree member wrote to AASBCR® " FYI, I have a retiree AT&T
wireless 30% discount issue that cost me an extra $135.00 and my refund
was denied."
An AASBCR® Benefit Director contacted Jim and requested the details. Jim
provided more details and stated: "Thanks for your interest but there’s no
need to escalate. The 30% discount problem has been escalated and it was
denied so it's over. This is just information about how retirees sometimes
feel that AT&T doesn't really care much about us."
The Benefit Director advised Jim that even though the first request for
retroactive 30% discount was denied, that answer may not be correct.
The Benefit Director escalated the issue to AT&T HR and the HR staff
replied very quickly:
"We have determined that Jim had received misinformation from the
representatives. We have confirmed that Jim did not receive the
Retiree Mobility Offer (RMO) discount on one of his bills (the first bill)
and as a result the bill has been adjusted and the credit is now on his
account. Please note that someone will be contacting Jim today to
update him."
The AASBCR® Benefit Director informed Jim of AT&T’s response and
that he would be receiving a credit. Never accept a ruling or decision
regarding your benefits that you think sounds unfair. At the least, you
are owed an explanation of why the decision was made as it was. You
may find that the initial decision was incorrect and can be amended in
your favor. AASBCR® is always working for its retiree members.
Proudly working on behalf of retirees of the Bell System and successor
companies of the New AT&T, located worldwide.
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AT&T Ameritech /SBC Retirees - We areAASBCR®
Blue Bulletin
Vol. 10 No. 002 February, 2015
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Reminder to AASBCR retiree members - Bulletins and the website are paid for® by AASBCR members.
Please do not share with non-members. Remember, there is more to AASBCR than information. We
work with AT&T HR and with the NRLN and Congress in support of retirees. Our dues pay for all of this.
®
Encourage retiree friends to join and support AASBCR in our fight.
AT&T Eligible Medicare Retirees Moved to Aon Retiree Health
Exchange
The purpose of this bulletin is to advise AASBCR® members who have been
moved to the Aon Retiree Health Exchange to check the Aon website at
https://www.aonhewittnavigators.com/att. Be sure that whatever
medical/prescription insurance you signed up for with Aon Hewitt is shown.
Verify all of your information including any bank account information. Check, if
you have a dependent, that the HRA amount is accurate and includes your
dependent. Make sure the start and end dates for coverage are correct.
Here are some examples of issues AASBCR® members have encountered:
An AASBCR® member, Diana, had signed up for prescription drug insurance, a
Medicare D plan, through Aon Hewitt. She received her ID card and the first
month premium was debited to her checking account. But when Diana checked
the Aon website at https://www.aonhewittnavigators.com/att she found a big red
box stating that her prescription coverage had been denied and that she should
contact her Aon Benefit Advisor. Diana did everything right and still this
happened. There was no letter from the insurance company, no phone call
from Aon Hewitt. With assistance from AASBCR® the issue was resolved. Her
Medicare number had been entered incorrectly which caused Medicare to flag
the account to Aon Hewitt and the prescription insurance company. It was
corrected and she does have coverage.
In December, Betty's husband made a last visit to his specialist since that
doctor is not in his new plan, which would begin in January. The doctor's claim
was denied because his insurance showed the new coverage began December
1, 2014 not January 1, 2015. He was also denied prescription coverage at CVS
because his CVS Caremark coverage was shown as ending December 1, 2014
not January 1, 2015. With the help of AASBCR® the start and end dates for
coverage were corrected. That allowed the doctor to resubmit his claim and
CVS to process and pay for the prescription.
When Rick checked the Aon Hewitt website to verify that his wife was covered,
he did not see his wife's name anywhere on that website. He asked for
assistance from an AASBCR® Benefit Director. AASBCR® learned that the
AT&T HRA accounts are “joint” or “family” accounts and the HRA account is set
up in the retiree's name. The system does not hold individual dependent names
and information. The only way to verify that a dependent is included is to look
at the total amount of the HRA. In the case of a spouse and a dependent the
HRA should be $4,200.00 instead of $2,700.00 for an individual. If both
husband and his wife retired from AT&T and were moved to the Aon Retiree
Health Exchange, each person would have an individual account and be able to
see his or her own balance.
Carl signed up through Aon Hewitt for a Medicare medical insurance policy for
himself and his wife. He also set up a direct debit from his checking account for
both policies through Aon Hewitt. When he saw only one debit taken at the end
of December, he knew there was a problem. Upon checking, he found the
wrong bank account number was set up at both the insurance company as well
as on his Aon Hewitt account. Carl called the insurance company himself and
corrected the error. He also corrected the checking account number on his Aon
profile.
These are examples of problems encountered by some AASBCR® members.
Remember, check the Aon website https://www.aonhewittnavigators.com/att to
verify the accuracy of the information. If you need assistance in correcting
something or don’t understand or agree with the response you receive from
Aon, contact AASBCR® for help. AASBCR® is always working for its retiree
members.
Blue Bulletin
Vol. 10 No. 003
March, 2015
CarePlus Hearing Aid Benefit
CarePlus has a benefit for hearing aids if you qualify.
AASBCR® Benefit Directors met with AT&T HR to clarify the CarePlus hearing
aid benefit. It allows up to $1,000.00 every 36 months and is offered to retirees
who have purchased CarePlus at $1.00 per month per person.
There are many variables depending on whether the retiree has an AT&T group
medical plan, an individual medical plan or has been moved to the Aon Retiree
Health Exchange. Below are some highlights to look for in filing a CarePlus
hearing aid claim.
All retirees with CarePlus intent on purchasing hearing aids:
- Must fulfill any deductibles required by their insurance plan whether
it is an AT&T plan or an individual plan.
- Must use a network provider for hearing aids as defined by the
retiree's insurance plan.
- Must meet the non-network deductible if the retiree uses a non
network provider. For most plans the non-network deductible is
higher than the in-network deductible. The retiree must meet the
non-network deductible in full before the base medical plan would
pay out a hearing aid benefit.
- Must exhaust any available benefit under their medical insurance
whether it is an AT&T insurance plan or one purchased
individually before the CarePlus hearing aid benefit can be
requested.
- Must have the hearing aids prescribed by a licensed
audiologist/provider.
- Should contact their medical carrier (whether coverage is through
an AT&T plan or an individual plan) to confirm coverage for hearing
aids under their medical plans.
- Should review plan provisions under CarePlus through the CarePlus
SPD, dated September 2013, or contact the CarePlus team at 877261-3340 to answer any questions about hearing aid coverage.
Retirees moved to the Aon Retiree Health Exchange will find:
- That original Medicare and many Medigap plans don’t offer coverage
for hearing aids and some of the hearing tests and exams necessary
with hearing aids.
- Some Medicare Advantage plans do offer coverage.
- They need to review their summary plan material or contact the
carrier to verify the coverage available under their plan. If there are no hearing aid benefits under the retiree's medical plan:
- The need for a hearing aid must be determined by an
Audiologist/provider to be medically necessary.
- The audiologist/provider must submit a claim to the medical
insurance carrier for the hearing aid.
- An EOB is required to be submitted with the CarePlus claim even
though no coverage was provided under the medical plan and the
claim was denied.
If there are hearing aid benefits under the retiree's medical plan:
- The retiree and/or audiologist should file a medical claim to the
medical insurance carrier for the hearing aid.
- The retiree must pay the annual deductible (or remaining amount
from prior claims) and the applicable coinsurance amount before the
CarePlus program pays anything.
After the retiree meets the deductible and pays the coinsurance amount to the
audiologist/provider as well as the medical insurance payment:
- The retiree must file a paper CarePlus claim for reimbursement of
the amount paid (maximum CarePlus payment $1,000). The retiree
must provide both the claim from the provider/audiologist and the
Explanation of Benefits (EOB) from the medical insurance carrier
which describes what the medical insurance did or did not pay.
- The retiree pays any remaining balance to the provider/audiologist in
order to take possession of the hearing aids.
Some bargained for retirees may not be eligible for expanded benefits including
the hearing aid benefit under the CarePlus Program. For questions, check the
CarePlus SPD or call the CarePlus team at 1-877-261-3340 for eligibility rules.
To highlight the most important points, the retiree should check with their own
medical insurance carrier and the CarePlus team at 1-877-261-3340 before
purchasing the hearing aids. Then, the retiree must follow the steps listed by
their insurance carrier and CarePlus in order to apply for the benefit.
Proudly working on behalf of retirees of the Bell System and successor companies of the
New AT&T, located worldwide
Footnote to Hearing Aid Benefits
According to the Hearing Loss Association of America more than thirty six
million Americans have hearing loss and about seven million cannot afford
hearing aids. A number of organizations are working to address this issue by
providing free hearing screening tests and high quality, low cost hearing aids to
people who otherwise could not afford them. For more information check the
website: www.hearingloss.org/content/financial-assistance-programsfoundations
The News Register March, 2015 No 001 ®
Reminder to AASBCR retiree members - Bulletins and the website are paid for by
®
AASBCR members. Please do not share with non-members. Remember, there is more to
®
AASBCR than information. We work with AT&T HR and with the NRLN and Congress in
support of retirees. Our dues pay for all of this. Encourage retiree friends to join and
®
support AASBCR in our fight.
“Intra-­organization Communication is the Life-­Blood of our organization.” Alert: Potential Identity Theft – Anthem Data Breach
On Feb 4, 2015, Anthem, the largest of the BlueCross and Blue
Shield plans, disclosed that hackers had gained unauthorized access
to their databases containing personal customer information. Anthem
believes that the suspicious activity may have occurred beginning in
early December 2014. The information accessed may have included
names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health care IDs,
home addresses, email addresses, employment information and
income data.
Although many AT&T retirees are now members of Anthem Plans, or
have been in the past,
AT&T did not see the need to notify those
retirees. AASBCR® felt it was important for retirees to be aware of the
potential for identity theft because of this data breach.
As soon as the cyber attack was discovered, Anthem notified the FBI
and began working with a leading cyber security firm to close security
vulnerability and strengthen the security of their systems. The FBI
continues to investigate the source of the breach and Anthem is
cooperating fully.
Anthem has arranged to provide 24 months of credit services to all
those affected by the breach. The identity protection services are
available now free of charge to potentially impacted current and
former members of affected Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans.
Anthem is now in the process of individually notifying potentially
impacted members by U.S. mail with specific information on how to
enroll in free credit monitoring and identity protection services.
Anthem has also established a dedicated website
(AnthemFacts.com) where members can access additional
information. Anthem has also established a dedicated toll-free
number to call with questions related to this incident. That number is
877-263-7995.
Those impacted should be aware of scam email campaigns targeting
current and former Anthem members. These scams, designed to
capture personal information (known as "phishing"), are designed to
appear as if they are from Anthem and the emails include a "click
here" link for credit monitoring. These emails are NOT from Anthem.
- DO NOT reply to the email or reach out to the senders in any way.
- DO NOT supply any information on the website that may open, if
you have clicked on a link in email.
- DO NOT open any attachments that arrive with email.
Anthem is not calling members regarding the cyber attack and is not
asking for credit card information or Social Security numbers over the
phone.
Current or former members of one of Anthem's affiliated health plans
may be impacted. In addition, some members of other independent
BlueCross and BlueShield plans who received healthcare services in
any of the areas that Anthem serves over the last 10 years may be
impacted.
Potentially Impacted Anthem-affiliated Health Plans
Anthem BlueCross, Anthem BlueCross and BlueShield,
BlueCross and BlueShield of Georgia, Empire BlueCross BlueShield,
Amerigroup, Caremore, Unicare, HealthKeepers and Golden West.
The potentially impacted independent BlueCross and BlueShield
companies include some members of Arkansas BlueCross
BlueShield, BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama, BlueCross BlueShield
of Arizona, BlueCross BlueShield of Hawaii, BlueCross BlueShield of
Kansas, BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas City, BlueCross BlueShield
of Louisiana, BlueCross BlueShield of Massachusetts, BlueCross
BlueShield of Michigan, BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota,
BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi, BlueCross BlueShield of
Nebraska, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, BlueCross
BlueShield of North Dakota, BlueCross BlueShield of Rhode Island,
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, BlueCross BlueShield of
Tennessee, BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont, BlueCross BlueShield
of Wyoming. BlueCross of Idaho, BlueShield of California, Capital
BlueCross, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, BlueCross BlueShield
of Florida, GeoBlue, HealthNow New York, Highmark BlueCross
BlueShield, Horizon BlueCross BlueShield, Hospital Service
Association of Northeastern PA, Independence BlueCross, La Cruz
Azul, Lifetime Healthcare, Inc., Premera BlueCross BlueShield,
Wellmark BCBS, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, BlueCross
BlueShield of Texas, BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma, BlueCross
BlueShield of New Mexico, BlueCross BlueShield of Montana,
Regence BlueCross BlueShield (in Oregon & Utah), and Regence
BlueShield (in Idaho and portions of Washington state.)
A Letter from the Board
AT&T Ameritech/SBC Retirees - We are AASBCR®
®
Reminder® to AASBCR retiree members - Bulletins and the website are paid for by
AASBCR members. Please do not share with non-members. Remember, there is more to
®
AASBCR than information. We work with AT&T HR and with the NRLN and Congress in
support of retirees.
Our dues pay for all of this. Encourage retiree friends to join and
®
support AASBCR .
March 2015, No 001
Dear AASBCR® Members:
The AASBCR® Board of Directors would like to determine if our
members would be interested in attending a face to face or telephone
conference meeting with the AASBCR ® Board of Directors. The
purpose of the meeting is twofold: 1) to review what AASBCR® has
accomplished and what is being planned for the future, and 2) to
provide a forum for members to ask questions, make comments and
offer suggestions.
In the past AASBCR® Annual Meetings have usually been held in
June. Previous face–to-face meetings have been held in the
Cleveland and Chicago areas and members were also able to dial in
from their homes or participate as a group from one member’s home.
If you are interested in attending such a meeting either in person or
by telephone, please send an email to [email protected] stating that
you would like an AASBCR® Annual Meeting. You can also leave a
voice mail at (312) 962-2770. If enough retiree members are
interested in participating, AASBCR® will schedule an annual meeting
in June, with the option for face-to-face and/or a conference style call
arrangement.
P.O. Box 7477
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7477