Last year the Executive Board of the R-UTN commissioned a Community Action Committee to assist various local charities by encouraging our members to volunteer and to encourage members to donate directly to charities in need. The next meeting of the CAC is Thursday, January 29th at the UTN Office at 10 a.m. All are welcome.
The UTN office is located at 166 Laurel Road, #207, East Northport
We regret to inform you that Miriam Feinstein’s husband, Marvin, has passed away.
The funeral will be on Sunday, January 25, 10:00 a.m.
at the I.J. Morris Funeral Home,
21 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills.
Shiva will be at the Feinstein home,
21 Perth Place,
East Northport
Times are as follows:
Sunday 1:00 – 9:00 p.m. (Minyan at 6:30);
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 – 7:00 and resuming at 9 since Minyan will be at the synagogue.
Miriam will be at home during the afternoon on Thursday and Friday for additional callers.
Donations in Marvin’s memory can be made to his favorite charity,
The Special Olympics, Inc.,
1133 19th Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20036,
donorservices@specialolympics.org.
Are you interested in learning how to crochet for a major community-focused exhibition at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook? Hooked@LIM, The Crocheted Tree Project aims to support traveling artist Carol Hummel in wrapping trees on museum grounds with crocheted pieces made by volunteers. The project will begin with a three-day workshop from January 17 – 1 9 on crocheting with the artist.
Volunteers interested in participating in the Hooked@LIMproject should contact Christine Marzano at (631) 751-0066 x281 or cmarzano@longislandmuseum.org. Crocheting experience is not necessary and workshops are free. All materials will be provided for the project. Additional information is available on the museum’s website
A message from U-RTN Insurance Liaison, Hank Kasven, about Medicare and Other Medical Insurance Premiums
Medicare and Premiums
If you are not 65 you will not be able to have Medicare Premiums deducted from your Social Security check. Why you would want to I don’t know? But some questions have been asked. Major Medical premium will be deducted from your pension check, though a brief glitch occurred at the end 2014.
Empire premiums
Empire and other State required premiums are only deducted from your Pension Check, NOT from the Social Security check.
If you are on Medicare, premiums are deducted from BOTH Medicare and pension checks. However, the pension deduction is reimbursed to you every three months by the district. If you pay an income adjusted addition to Medicare ( IRMMA ) you will be reimbursed by the district. I hope this clears up some of the confusion.
The attached Benefits Bulletin file, in PDF format, covers updates to Social Security and Medicare for 2015.