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What’s an award letter, when would I need one, and how do I get one?

An award letter is documentation that verifies your income.  It is also known as a “benefit verification letter,” a “budget letter,” a “benefits letter,” a “proof of income letter,” or a “proof […]

Direct Contracting and the new assault on Medicare

We at CTL-Retirees have been seeing many articles about Medicare and Direct Contracting Entities.  It concerns us for both current and future retirees.  The National Retirees Legislative Network tells us “Direct Contracting […]

“Hello? Yes, this is Santa”

The following was originally published in the 2018, Issue-1, of the Retiree Guardian, newsletter of the CenturyLink Retirees, and is published here with the permission of the author, Don Warsavage Don Warsavage’s […]

Changes to pension benefit payments for subset of pension recipients

Lumen Technologies recently completed a transaction to transfer the pension payments from the Lumen Combined Pension Plan (the “Plan”) to Athene Annuity and Life Company for a subset of current pension recipients. […]

Read the fine print when deciding between Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.

Read the fine print when deciding between Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.  BY ALLISON HORTON – UPDATED OCTOBER 04, 2021 4:30 PM  An excellent article on Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Full Article […]