?Maybe? because of the rumors circulating regarding ibm pension plan being terminated for all current employees by year end 2010. Take it and leave this year...
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thekanck
May 19, 2010 10:50 pm
In order to "convert" IBM's annuity into a lumpsum a interest rate has to be selected. Historically this what the 30-year Treasury rate. I recall legislation...
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jbissel
May 19, 2010 2:22 pm
I was perusing the latest asset/liability info sent by the pension plan. It is, of course, only from Jan 1, 2009. While I understood the decrease in plan...
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ibmmike2006
May 19, 2010 2:22 pm
Here is an article with lots of information if you happen to be "RA'd" especially if you are over 50. ...
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fhawontcutit
May 13, 2010 6:13 am
... You get to choose whatever IBM decides to offer....
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north99manverm
May 12, 2010 1:08 am
In the IBM health insurance plans, don't you get to choose whether your plan offers an out of pocket maximum? And the lifetime limit? I don't see the problem....
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fhawontcutit
May 12, 2010 1:06 am
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/10/AR2010051001306_pf.html ... For coverage years beginning before 2014, group plans that have...
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fhawontcutit
May 10, 2010 9:04 pm
... Here's the problem as I see it: http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/May/07/health-reform-law-grandfather-clause.aspx ... The grandfathered plans...
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Tom
kennedytj1943
May 2, 2010 11:09 pm
My wife and I are using the Blue Medicare HMO. We've had this plan since October of 2008 when my wife became eligible for Medicare. It provides good coverage...
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Joe
jvadalma
Apr 30, 2010 2:57 pm
I would contact the insurance providers themselves. They are happy to send you the information about their plans. A $19 a month plan? Up here in NY nothing...
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ffandrick
Apr 29, 2010 4:59 pm
I have not seen any results from the stockholder meeting (proposals, etc.). Did I miss some posts?...
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tillysaint
Apr 29, 2010 4:58 pm
I'm already on Medicare and my wife will start soon this year. I've started to review my new options. The plan closest to my current IBM coverage is - IBM...
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albanyblue2000
Apr 28, 2010 2:13 am
... Mike adds: Rob, IBM's also a mere shadow of itself as a corporation with a bright future. It's only as good as its engagement rate and order backlog. 95%...
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madinpok
Apr 26, 2010 6:08 pm
By my reading of the description below, IBM's plan would be a grandfathered plan. Even if a plan is grandfathered, that does not mean it does not have to...
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fhawontcutit
Apr 26, 2010 6:06 pm
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/GrandfatheredPlans.pdf This site references a CRS document that says: "Grandfathered health plans are exempt from the vast...
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bk2006pc
Apr 26, 2010 6:06 pm
It is interesting to know that HSA $$ amount belongs to employee and after retirement or layoff why retired employees are forced to buy IBM offered health care...
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fstephens
Apr 26, 2010 6:05 pm
DREAM ON ! If you read the bill details, you will see that it will be cheaper for IBM to provide very high priced insurance or none at all VS. contributing the...
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madinpok
Apr 26, 2010 6:05 pm
I've read several articles that suggest that self-insured plans are covered by the health reform act. Here is one: ...
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madinpok
Apr 26, 2010 6:03 pm
It should be noted that the IBM pension funding numbers quoted in this article are for the combined total of U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans. They also...
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fhawontcutit
Apr 26, 2010 12:50 am
One of the things I found disturbing in the whole healthcare negotiations and final bill was this concept of a "grandfathered plan". The Kaiser Family...
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fhawontcutit
Apr 26, 2010 12:48 am
If you take a look at the document at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/reinsurance_early_retirees_fact_sheet.pdf employers have to...
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madinpok
Apr 26, 2010 12:47 am
The reinsurance program will pay back companies a percentage of high cost claims that exceed a certain threshold. If IBM participates in this reinsurance...
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lastdino1
Apr 25, 2010 10:47 pm
What were the specific changes that are required that IBM will not implement. It would be interesting to see. Life is Good...
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lrafalow
Apr 25, 2010 10:44 pm
For those of us who are in the FHA (which I suspect is most of the early retirees at this point), IBM doesn't put any money into the program (other than to...
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finitewisdom
Apr 25, 2010 8:23 pm
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20100425/ISSUE01/304259951 Funding of largest pension plans improves: Milliman Jerry Geisel Pension plan funding...
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dogbreath127k
Apr 25, 2010 8:19 pm
The recently passed health care bill includes a couple of changes that by law would be in effect within 6 months of bill passage. IBM's statement to employees...
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fhawontcutit
Apr 24, 2010 4:56 pm
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1914020220100319 Within the first year of enactment: "A temporary reinsurance program is created to help companies maintain...
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fhawontcutit
Apr 12, 2010 2:50 am
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304703104575174293867620832.html ... The Justice Department is stepping up its investigation into hiring...
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fhawontcutit
Apr 8, 2010 1:38 am
Here he is on Fox News: http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=4130012 Here he is with an opinion piece in the WSJ: ...
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finitewisdom
Apr 7, 2010 9:28 pm
Looks at least somewhat familiar, doesn't it? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304172404575168240583359882.html#articleTabs%3Darticle Excerpts: ...
