Every corporation with a frozen plan should be looked at the same way.... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-18-pensions_N.htm As pensions dried...
William said 'My point is be very aware and careful on what you want to communicate over the open "world wide web".' Agreed. However, there are a lot of folks...
I don't want to get into a debate about this issue. The fact that it was just discovered means it has been there for the long term. As long as secure...
I took a bridge in 92 and officialy retired in 98. NOT 1 penny increase since then. But my insurance has gone up 25-33% per year. ... From: thomas365us...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pension14-2009nov14,0,6975516.story similar articles: http://www.reuters.com/article/gc04/idUSTRE5AD01Q20091114 ...
Here is what I have gleaned as a best way to stretch your FHA dollars: 1) Use COBRA for as long as possible, usually 18 months. This is a high out-of-pocket...
I acutally did get a small increase last year in my pension (retired in 86) It was not a decrease in withholding as I do not have any taxes withheld from my...
Expect the FHA to cover you at 100 percent for 5 years. Then it is out of your own pocket. BUT, you should be eligible to take money from your 401K (over 59...
... No. That's why it was put in place by IBM, to screw you and me. ... Yup. Don't use it, as I am not, until I am 65 and get the Medicare FHA something or...
Your analysis is correct - the FHA won't allow you to pay rates as if you were an active employee until age 65. The bottom line is that it will cost you more...
... You betcha, especially if their stock is IBM and IBM screwed them. Too bad if it leads to a downturn in the market, the BOD should have thought of that...
Just some numbers to illustrate the money for FHA : Scenario: IBM "newly retiree 2009" after 30 years with company, age 55. Bucket for FHA = 50k and some...
http://www.fool.com/retirement/general/2009/11/12/will-the-baby-boom-spell-doom-for-stocks.aspx Will the Baby Boom Spell Doom for Stocks? Dan Caplinger ...
Folks, I've seen a number of positive notes about Aetna but cannot recall seeing anything about Mutual of Omaha. Has anyone out there had any experience with...
Yes, it, supposedly, was based upon one's gross pension, or so they claimed until I proved that I was BELOW the gross pension they cited to me. So all they...
Good luck on getting your FHA moneys that you think you are entitled to. I was part of a sell off to Qualxserv just a year before my 30 year retirement date...
In today's comic: http://comics.com/frank&ernest/ Returning from a "Benefits Meeting", the caption says "Making our benefits "portable" is management's way of...
... Take a close look at your pension statements. What looked like an increase may have been a reduction in your federal withholding tax, giving you more "take...
Yes, we had this arrangement last year with an AARP supplemental. It does work, but you will never get anything from the IBM plan for your Medicare claims. As...
it was very strange, supposedly it depended on your gross pension amount, i never got a straight story, some guys i know got about $30.00 bux i retired in 85...
The man in the middle exploit of SSL described here was only discovered November 4. It allows someone to insert text into the middle of an SSL session. It does...
Bob. You may have been a victim of the MITM (man in the middle) flaw in SSL communication that was just detected a few days ago. For information on this see:...
... Aren't they though? But they ARE the truth, believe me, don't believe the apologists whatever you do. You would be HORRIFIED at how executives and managers...
I do believe that you hit upon the real truth as to why we were not entitled to the pension adjustment last year. We have outlived the predictions of the...
I am on Medicare and am using the IBM Medical/Prescription Drug Supplement. My medical cost are quite high and my wife's are minimal. The drug coverage with...
i was not entitled to the pension increase last year, guess been retired too long, yes it is hard to imagine the IBM i retired from in 1985 is not the same IBM...
... At 67 he is covered by medicare. I couldn't find anything called "high deductible" under the medicare options (there is one under the non-medicare...
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