John, Mark, & List, I emailed PTG and the attached is the reply comment on your health insurance questions. The House evidently thinks it is a good idea, but the Senate is not yet ready. Perhaps a contact with our local Senators would be worth our time. Joel Joel Jones, RPT Madison, WIl Begin forwarded message: > From: Barbara Cassaday <barbcassaday at sbcglobal.net> > Date: April 2, 2006 10:00:21 PM CDT > To: "'Joel A. Jones'" <jajones2 at wisc.edu> > Subject: RE: Health Insurance for RPT's? > Reply-To: Barbara at ptg.org > > > Joel, > There has been no notable progress in getting the senate to pass the > legislation necessary to offer health care that crosses state lines > for groups such as associations. I’ve watched the AHP bills for > several years. The House has passed several versions of the same bill > but Senate holds them up every time. They seem to get stuck in > committee and never make it to the floor for a vote. I’ll keep > watching and report any new developments as they come along. Feel > free to share this information as you see fit. > Barb > > > > From: Joel A. Jones [mailto:jajones2 at wisc.edu] > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:12 PM > To: Cassaday Barbara > Subject: Fwd: Health Insurance for RPT's? > > > Barb, > > In case you don't have enough administration duties the addition > of health insurance would be welcomed by these techs. :-) > > Just thought I would add this to your Monday Musings. > > Keep in Tune. > > Joel > Joel Jones, RPT > Madison, WI > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com> > Date: April 2, 2006 4:39:50 PM CDT > To: schecter at pacbell.net, 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: RE: Health Insurance for RPT's? > Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > > > I was wondering this as well. I don't really know how group insurance > works. > I'm assuming it's cheaper to the employee because > 1) there are more people paying premiums which reduces the risk to the > insurance company > 2) the employer/corporation pays part of the premium as an incentive > to > working there. > > Anyone know if about this, or if group insurance is feasible for PTG > members? > > John Formsma > -------------------------- > I wonder whether some or all of the members of PTG could band together > and get group coverage for less? > > -Mark Schecter > Oakland, CA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 6275 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060403/8eae71ba/attachment.bin
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC