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"The mission of the SRS Retiree Association is to maintain the pensions and benefits given at the time of retirement, and to support current and future missions of the Savannah River Site."
- Approved by the Board of Directors, March 3, 1998.
With more than 1200 members, the SRS Retiree Association is the largest retiree association in the State of South Carolina. NUMBERS DO COUNT!
CLICK HERE TO JOIN NOW, if you have not already done so.
Contact the Membership Committee Chair by telephone, (803) 279‑9570, E‑Mail, or click on the "Membership" link in the navigation strip on the left‑hand side of this page for an application form.
QUICK NOTE -- TWO (2) SRNS errors affect you NOW!
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Your 1099-R form, mailed to you last week, is printed wrong, and the state income tax is printed in the wrong field.
SRNS says they will be reprinting and mailing out next week (still before the Jan 31st deadline), but retirees need to use the 2nd one if they are mailing in taxes, rather than using an online version --and to ensure they pick up the State Income Tax Withholding. Specifically,
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Field 10 – contained the “State Tax Withheld” dollar amount. This information should have been reflected in Field 12.
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Field 12 – contained “State/Payer’s State No”. This information should have been reflected in Field 13
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Correction to Open Enrollment Booklet:
In the “2012 Health Choice” open enrollment booklet, a misprint appeared. On page 1, under the Health Care Reform section, a sentence stated that “The lifetime maximum for health care insurance has increased from $1 million to $1.25 million.”
This is incorrect. It should have read “The annual maximum for health care insurance has increased from $1 million to $1.25 million.” This is in accordance with Health Care Reform for grandfathered plans.
If you have any questions, contact the SRNS Benefits Solution Center at (803) 725‑7772, or toll-free at (800) 368‑7333, or send an email to
SERVICE-CENTER.@srs.gov
SRS RETIREES
Your Current Medical Benefits Are At Risk!
The Department of Energy, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, and Savannah River Remediation are rapidly moving forward with costly changes to your medical benefits including:
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Retirees (age 65+) being dropped from the SRS health care plan and an undetermined stipend provided to purchase commercial Medicare and Medigap plans, if available.
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Retirees (< age 65) being moved to a separate group from active SRS employees which could double your current medical premium.
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Not providing a stipend cost of living annual adjustment.
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Not providing increases in the stipend to cover increases in the cost of Medicare supplemental coverage based on age.
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Not providing a stipend sufficient to purchase major medical plan coverage for items not covered by Medicare and prescription drugs for all age groups.
The added costs of these changes to SRS retirees will significantly impact your quality of life and especially harm older retirees.
Your SRS Pension Fund is also underfunded (currently at only 67%), which mandates a penalty fee of $4,000,000 paid from the Fund annually.
You can make a difference if you take immediate action:
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Join the SRSRA (www.srsretirees.org). We are over 1,200 members strong and the numbers are growing fast as SRS retirees understand the need to unite against this significant reduction in your benefits.
- Express strong opposition to your Senators and Congressmen,The Department of Energy, SRNS, and SRR.
Stand up and protect the benefits you have earned! Doing nothing is not an option.
YOUR ACTION URGENTLY NEEDED TO PRESERVE PROMISED BENEFITS!
As the government spends $trillions$ to put our country into debt forever, they are cutting costs by reducing benefits for SRS retirees.
CLICK HERE to go directly to the Medical Benefits page where you can download the letter and postulated questions and answers pertaining to the proposed changes in our medical benefits plan.
You will also find there sample drafts of information to help you when you contact your legislators.
The official SRSRA position in opposing the retiree medical
benefit changes under consideration is found in
this SRSRA letter
to SRNS and SRR dated June 17, 2011. The letter was also sent to DOE.
Retirees with questions on the status of evaluation of the retiree health plan changes being considered should call Kelly Sanders, SRNS, directly at (803) 725-2135.
Use the links on the left-hand side of the window to navigate to the items of interest to you. (Note: Let your cursor hover on a link for a moment and a small dialog window will give a little more information about the topics covered in that linked page.)
Browse through the entire website to become familiar with all it offers. If you think of information you need regularly and it is not here, please click here to send an email to the SRSRA webmaster and explain your needs.
SRNS is the present M&O Contractor for SRS. Click
here to go to the web site of
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC.
SRNS announced on 4/25/08 that it had received from the U.S. Department of Energy a "Notice to Proceed" for the management and operation (M&O) contract for SRS, replacing WSRC.
[NOTE: Links on the Medicare page tell how to file a Medicare claim yourself (e.g., if your provider will not do so), and how to view your Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) on the Internet. Viewing MSNs on the Internet has become even more important because of recent changes in the way Medicare and BCBS send hard copies of the MSNs and EOBs, respectively, as explained on the Medical Benefits and Medicare pages.]
The SRS Retiree Association, Inc. was formed January, 1998, to address issues of particular concern to retirees of the Savannah River Site. All WSRC and BSRI retirees are welcome to attend our Board of Directors meetings. The location and time of these meetings is posted on the
Calendar of Events
page.
If you wish to be involved as a member of the Board, please contact one of the following membership committee members: Kent Sullivan, Sam Goforth (Send an email to: membership@srsretirees.org). You can also indicate on the membership form (click
here
or on the "Membership" link on the left hand side of this page) your desire to serve on the Board.
Send e-mail to:
Board of Directors
US Mail: SRS Retiree Association
P.O. Box 5686
Aiken, S.C. 29804
©1998-2011
SRS Retiree Association, Inc.
Aiken SC
Revised: January 27, 2012.
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