The FEHB premium rates for 2010 have been posted on the OPM website at http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/rates/index.asp. You can also download PDF file with
non-postal Fee-for-Service carriers and Washington State HMOs. Postal rates are available
at the website. Good news for Group Health and KPS subscribers--the rates are going DOWN!! (a bit--but still the right direction). Unfortunately, the rest of the story (changes
in coverage, co-pays, deductibles, etc.) generally don't come out until nearly the beginning of
open
season. So we will need to wait awhile (and/or attend some benefit fairs) to find out if the
premium changes are offset/exacerbated by other changes
Download 2010 FEHBP Non Postal Rates
The 2009 Health Fair season
is upon us. The 2009 Agency Fairs in Washington provide an outstanding opportunity to reach Active Federal Employees
and retirees with information about and from NARFE.
Download 2009 Health Fair Full Schedule by Date
There are several actions from your chapter that need
to take place.
First, you need to decide at which fairs you want to have a NARFE presence. Your chapter has probably
had enough experience over the past few years to make that decision fairly simple. Let the agency organizers know that you
are coming.
Order the packets, publications and posters from NARFE headquarters that you want to use for handouts
or display. You can contact them by phone at 1-800-627-3394. Let them know if you want the bigger kits, that contain recent
copies of the NARFE magazine, or smaller ones that contain a flyer promoting the magazine. You might also want to order other
forms or publications that can go into the kits as well (the kits contain a letter from President Baptiste, an AFE application,
and a flyer on legislative accomplishments. The rest you have to add.) Some suggested items for the kits include:
F-126
(02/08): "The 10 Worst Mistakes Federal Employees Can Make"
F 127 (02/08) "The 10 Worst Mistakes Federal Retirees
Can Make"
F-100: "Be Prepared for Life's Events" (this is an 8'; x 10' flyer, suitable for the larger kit)
F-106
(01/08): "Extending Premium Conversion into Retirement"
F-122 (09/07): "What has NARFE Done for You Lately?"
F-123:
"Pop Quiz - Laws can change and so can your..."
Unnumbered: "It's a Wonderful NARFE"
L-1 (01/08): "Understanding
the Social Security Offsets GPO and WEP"
L-2: "NARFE Legislative Program for 111th Congress"
You might also want to order posters:
P-1
"Is your Retirement Safe"
P-2 "Vanishing Benefits"
Delivery can take 3-4 weeks.
Displays and Pens
Once you have decided which fairs you plan to cover, you need to decide if you want to use a NARFE display. There are two
types - the pull-up "ZAP" display and the fold-out tabletop display. For more information on them, go to "Public
Relations/Displays and Exhibits) in this website. We have two of each in the federation, but they do need to be ordered in
advance from Sam Cagle (caglels@comcast.net). Chapters will need to be prepared to pay the postage, Fedex or UPS charges
to the next location.
As we did last year, the Federation has ordered NARFE Bic pens from NARFEMART. These pens contain the full NARFE name,
national web address and toll-free phone number. They make excellent presentation items to current federal employees and
retirees who are not yet NARFE members. They cost the Washington State Federation of Chapters 25 cents apiece, so there should
be some care in ordering and distributing them. To order pens for the health fairs, chapter presidents, membership chairs
or public relations chairs should contact Sam Cagle (caglels@comcast.net, or 360-456-8509).
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