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You may be eligible to receive benefits, regardless of whether you are sick, injured, furloughed or suspended. Lower in the page are phone numbers and web links for the various BMWED Healthcare and Benefit Providers and Approved Work Place Accident Lawyers. Please contact these providers for answers to your benefit questions.

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January 20, 2010 NEW YORK -- Managed care company UnitedHealth Group said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 30 percent on higher premium revenue, despite a continued decline in commercial enrollment, the Associated Press reported. Read More...

November 30, 2009 Guidelines for determining when employee cost-sharing contributions are required under the railroad employees National Health and Welfare Plan (GA-23000)

January 2009  Lancaster, Pennsylvania - update on the status of the United Health Care (UHC) network in the Lancaster area. UHC has established a special “800" number for our Lancaster members to address problems.  This service will provide the list of medical providers, but is also required to call these doctors for you and make sure that they will accept new patients. The number is 1-800-382-8131.

read General Chairman Dodd's letter updating UHC status.

The Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan Announces Effort to Collect Dependent Social Security Numbers To Comply With New Federal Law. Consequently, The Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan (The Plan) is participating in an all-out effort to obtain Social Security Numbers (SSNs) for all covered dependents (wives, husbands and children) in order to achieve compliance with these new reporting requirements. In addition, the Medicare Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) will also be required for any dependent eligible for Medicare.

In order to get this initiative underway, Railroad Enrollment Services will begin mailing information to those members identified with missing dependent SSNs and/or HICWs. The members identified with missing dependent information should provide this information through a special direct mailing in early June...read more

Railroad Retirement Tax Rate to Increase. The amounts of compensation subject to railroad retirement tier I and tier II payroll taxes will increase in 2009. However, the tier I tax rate on employees and employers remains unchanged. Under the Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act of 2001, tier II tax rates are determined annually by an average...read more

October 28, 2008, representatives of the Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations (CRLO) and the National Carrier’s Conference Committee (NCCC) met with representatives of United Healthcare to set the rates for the 2009 renewal of coverage under Railroad Employees National Health and Plan (‘the Plan). As a result of that meeting, the monthly employee cost-sharing contribution for the 2009 calendar year will be $170.96; and increase of $4.71 over the 2008 contribution rate of $166.25.

View the BMWED National Division’s October 30, 2008 letter addressing these changes.

May 8, 2008 Important information for Lancaster, Pennsylvania area BMWED members and United Healthcare, including contact information to assist you in finding health care providers in the UHC network.