Category: Health Benefits
Audio Recordings and Handouts of Membership Meeting on February 5, 2020
On February 5, 2020, the VCCCD Retirees’ Association held a membership meeting for retirees to review and discuss the District’s proposal to replace the current Anthem/Blue Cross and Kaiser plans ...
URGENT Reminder: VCCCDRA Meeting on February 5
Message from Rene Rodriguez, President, VCCCDRA IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ATTEND THE UPCOMING VCCCDRA MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5 REGARDING THE STATUS OF YOUR HEALTH BENEFITS. BELOW IS THE ...
Presentation to the BoT on January 21, 2019
Message from Rene Rodriguez, President, VCCCDRA Because Steve Hall, Chief Negotiator for the local AFT, made such an impassioned presentation to the Board of Trustees on January 21, I decided ...
VCCCDRA retirees contacted by Anthem regarding enrolling in Medicare
Message from Rene Rodriguez, President, VCCCDRA: Dear VCCCDRA Retirees, Gary Johnson and I received the email below from Katy Lyon. If you are one of the retirees that was contacted ...
VCCCDRA RETIREES: WE NEED MORE DATA! PLEASE HELP!
The following is a message from Rene Rodriguez, VCCCDRA President Dear VCCCDRA Retiree, We recently sent an email asking you to check if your current medications would be covered under ...
Meeting Notice for February 5; AND Formation of Ad Hoc Legal Committee
Below is an email from Rene Rodriguez, President of VCCCDRA January 13, 2020 Dear VCCCDRA Retirees, MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5 FOR VCCCDRA RETIREES TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THE DISTRICT CALPERS ...
Gary Johnson’s Presentation to the BOT on December 17, Audio Recording
Dear VCCCDRA Retiree, We are inaugurating our first audio recording on the Retirees’ Association BLOG with this presentation by Gary Johnson, Chair of the VCCCDRA Benefits Committee. All retirees concerned ...
Warning about Medicare Hospitalization Coverage when a patient is placed on “Observation Status”
The following newspaper article was shared by retiree, Marta Freixas. This Medicare article cautions about being placed on “observation status” instead of being admitted when at a hospital seeking treatment ...
Rene Rodriguez’ Presentation to the BOT, on December 17, 2019
Presentation to the Board of Trusteesby Rene G. RodriguezDecember 17, 2019 My name is Rene Rodriguez, President of the college district Retirees’ Association. I served the college district as a ...
UPDATE ON VCCCDRA Exec Board and the Benefits Committee Activities
From Rene Rodriguez, President, VCCCDRA Dear VCCCDRA Retirees, THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WAS SENT TO ALL VCCCDRA RETIREES WHO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THEM ON VCCCDRA ...