GM Retirees Losing Benefits???

[stormtracker]

I'm not sure what all of you are talking about.

My uncle worked for GM, white collar, and he "lost" his benefits quite a while ago. Not just dental and vision, everything.

I believe, if I remember correctly, GM offered him and his wife $350 per month to make up for it. As he explained it to me he had to take something else. He now lives in the country and a Med Supp was his only option. The person at GM was suggesting they take a Med Supp with MOO.

He called me for advice and I told him to go with their recommendations. I'm not comfortable selling insurance to relatives except my mother.

This was several months ago though. I'm surprised to hear that there are still those out there looking. I would have thought the "deadline" to do something would have passed.

Maybe this is a different group of employees.

I never could trust my mother...

 

[Frank Stastny]

I never could trust my mother...

That is too funny.

Bet my mother can beat up your mother. I know she has more shoes.

 

[Guest]

...Maybe Marlin Perkins showed up? (oops - forgot he's dead).

Marlin is......DEAD?????

 

[aveosmth]

I thought extend health handle all of GM's retiree accounts?

 

[insurance0707]

GM retiree's can use extend health or they can use a local insurance agent. It's up to the retiree. Extend health offers the same products such as AARP, Mutual of Omaha/United of Omaha, etc.

You can look at their site at www.extendhealth.com

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

GM retiree's can use extend health or they can use a local insurance agent. It's up to the retiree.

Extend Health provides their support/services through a call center they contracted with here in the Tampa Bay area. It's not their own.

The folks working there don't tend to be the brightest bulbs in the circuit...

 

[somarco]

a call center they contracted with here in the Tampa Bay area.

Health Plan Services aka Health Plan Administrators?

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

Health Plan Services aka Health Plan Administrators?

No, not that good.

HPS and HPA are actually two seperate companies. HPA is on Dale Mabry in the Carrollwood section of North Tampa, and Health Plan Services is downtown in the Westshore District...

 

[somarco]

I thought it was the same ownership. One of them, can't recall which, handles all the billing for H1.

 

[stormtracker]

That is too funny.

Bet my mother can beat up your mother. I know she has more shoes.

My mother's shoes are heavier than your mother's shoes-- she wore combat boots and knew how to use them...