Yes, my wife got her prescriptions ordered by the doc through caremark. Â worked fine. ________________________________ From: orsonbear <orsonbear@...> ...
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teamb562
Feb 1, 2012 12:10 pm
Dang, what a deal(27.5%), any chance ibm will go belly up soon??? This is really screwed up. A company can legally cut retiree health care and employees get...
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fhawontcutit
Feb 1, 2012 12:10 pm
... $150 to $200 per person monthly premiums. Must be nice. (But the downside is, if the PBGC took over their pensions, their pensions may have been cut.)...
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willbefree25
Feb 1, 2012 7:46 pm
"More companies in dire financial straits..." Or not. IBM wasn't in 'dire financial straits' in 1999. "...are pulling the plug on retiree health-care...
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thekanck
Feb 1, 2012 7:46 pm
Personally I've never heard of the calculations being off by more than a few bucks for annuities. For the lump sum option, having seen part of the...
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dave49_98
Feb 1, 2012 7:47 pm
Yes he can. And much better than Medco, they que them up if you have a remaining refill. Medco just cancellede the remaining refill....
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Debbie
scall0way
Feb 1, 2012 7:48 pm
... It hardly seems like your rating matters in many cases. Almost my entire department got laid off at the same time in May 2010. None of us were 3...
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orsonbear
Feb 2, 2012 12:37 pm
That is good to know. Thanks to those who responded. My experience with Medco though is different than yours. When my doctor ordered a new prescription when I...
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bitlerisvj@...
bitlerisvj
Feb 2, 2012 4:56 pm
Can someone explain what "non-qualified pension" means? Is it related only to commission based pay or can it be extended to ordinary salaried workers and...
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Gary Brown
k4gpb
Feb 3, 2012 12:03 am
re: That is, they have an API that third parties can exploit, and this is how the physicians are able to place direct orders. I can imagine a Dr. just coming...
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ncdad1
Feb 3, 2012 12:03 am
Just doing my planning and was wondering if when you withdraw the FHA funds if it is taxable?...
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donwshuper50
Feb 3, 2012 12:03 am
try http://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw2w3/ch01.html for an authoritive source...
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madinpok
Feb 3, 2012 2:05 am
The FHA is not taxable as income. From section 1.5 of "About Your Benefits - Future Health Account - USHR117": "Because the amounts in the Future Health...
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madinpok
Feb 3, 2012 2:05 am
Some companies, including IBM, offer higher paid employees a deferred compensation plan that allows them to set aside a portion of their salary on a pre-tax...
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Thomas Hickey
tombettyhickey
Feb 3, 2012 2:05 am
I assume that a FHA is the option an employer provides for you to set aside some $$ for medical expenses into the FHA within a calendar year. You then submit...
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madinpok
Feb 3, 2012 2:57 am
The FHA (Future Health Account) is different than what you are describing, which is a Flexible Spending Account. The FHA is the retiree medical plan that IBM...
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fhawontcutit
Feb 3, 2012 2:57 am
The article by Ellen Schultz was mentioned in this post: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ibmpension/message/71311 ... To be eligible for the subsidy, you...
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Tom hickey
tombettyhickey
Feb 3, 2012 3:27 am
Thank you for the differentiation. You might want to comment on the original question concerning whether these $ are taxable. TMH --Sent from my iPhone ... ...
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willbefree25
Feb 3, 2012 11:42 am
madinpok already did: "The FHA is not taxable as income." Tom, remember the song 'Sixteen Tons'? Think of the employee as the coal miner and the FHA as scrip...
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bitlerisvj@...
bitlerisvj
Feb 3, 2012 3:06 pm
Thanks for that clarification. The explanation does clear it up for me. Thanks and regards, Vic Bitleris...
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thekanck
Feb 3, 2012 9:36 pm
A new attempt by the government to help us, perhaps it could... As they say, "the devil is in the details" ...
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orsonbear
Feb 3, 2012 9:36 pm
Nothing to do with direct ordering. A physician could also be influenced to write a paper script for you in the same manner....
No surprise. There was a VP who state leaked (oops) that US total number of US employee target was to be 70k or less. The next week he was put on "leave"....
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abouthadit
Feb 5, 2012 1:40 am
It appears that there are some openings in three cities. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-hiring-employers-americas-biggest-142103857.html Hope this helps....
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willbefree25
Feb 5, 2012 1:40 am
Thanks to continued posts from madinpok, fhawontcutit, and others, the veil of obfuscation over the morass that is the future health accounts lifts just a...
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copyright1997
Feb 5, 2012 1:40 am
To expand on this: People who are on the IBM sales plan (commission plan) have their pensionable earnings calculated somewhat differently than non sales plan...
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netmouser
Feb 5, 2012 10:03 pm
To me the most angering thing about FHA is that you accumulate credits for up to 10 years of service, and if you complete the ten years, you cannot access the...
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John Ngai
johnngai2002
Feb 5, 2012 10:08 pm
As they say, the devil is in the details, and the fine print. The intent of the FHA is to show what medical premiums costs without any subsidy by IBM; if...
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albanyblue2000
Feb 6, 2012 12:05 pm
Thanks, FHA, for the article. The explanation, IMHO, is simple. Corporate treasurers figure out the level of earnings growth that will meet the expectation of...
