Fund records indicate that many participants still have not:

Secured their account at Empower. Nor,
Established an account with Included Health.

Because of that, there may be some coal in some people’s stockings on Christmas morning.

After considerable research and deliberations, the Board of Trustees of the Lake County Indiana, NECA – I.B.E.W. Health and Benefit Plan have made the determination to replace SavRx as the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) for the active and early retiree population of the Plan.

Apologies to all the loyal readers who are tired of reading the “same ole messages” over and over, and month after month. Trust me, I know how exasperating it is. Hence the title of this article.

Nevertheless, we will try this one more time.

No. Not the Prince tribute band. Although, if you never saw Prince live, you really missed out.
So, who am I talking about? Who are the purple ones?

The politically agnostic and the people who are not afraid to think for themselves.

Like us.

For example, one of the things people like us support is labor-friendly policymakers and statesmen, regardless of party affiliation.

Halloween is this Thursday. I hope you have completed your costume, and you have already picked up the candy.

Wait. What? You are going to use last year’s costume and going to be handing out NECCO wafers?

Uggghhhhh! First, no kid wants NECCO wafers.

Last month the Benefit Fund Office mailed out a document that contained very important information that each employee and participant of the Plan need to read and understand. The contents of said document was:

All shortage of hours payments for the first calendar quarter of coverage of 2025, are due no later than 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 31st, 2024.

A significant change within the HRA provision of the Health and Benefit Fund was recently announced. If you did not read that notice, or read it earnestly, go back and do so.

Regarding the participants that were identified within that notice, you will be issued new cards.

Fifty percent of all Defined Contribution account holders still have not secured their account at Empower. If you fall into the group that has not taken care of securing their account, you need to get on the ball and take care of this right away. Listed below are three ways in which you can accomplish that.

“E PLURIBUS UNUM”

Ah…, Labor Day. The last hurrah before the seriousness of the fall and winter overtakes us.

Sadly, that is what too many people focus upon around the end of summer. Not sure why that is as the name of the holiday implies that this is a day to celebrate the working American citizen and what they have accomplished.