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EXPLORE | MEMBER NEWS HOLIDAY EDITION 2021
Protect Your Health and Fitness
Medicare Open Enrollment
It pays to take control of your health care spending and plan ahead. Medicare open enrollment gives you the chance to renew or change your Medicare coverage for 2022, anytime between October 15 and December 7.
Tip: Don’t forget to check your plan details since benefits, premiums and terms can change every year.
With help from Aon Retiree Health Exchange, you can find ways to save and get the comprehensive coverage you need. To help you save time and money, think about whether doctors or prescription drugs have changed. Do you need to re-budget for anticipated costs for care? How does your health compare to last year?
How to get more value and savings from your health care coverage
Think about how your Medicare plan aligns with your health care needs — so you can opt for the most coverage at the least cost. If you’re planning a medical procedure such as a knee replacement, or you have an unexpected illness, a plan that has an annual cap on costs means you can plan for what you’ll have to pay out-of-pocket. If you use doctors and pharmacies in your plan’s networks, you’ll pay less than if
you go outside of the network. And if you choose generic prescription drugs over brand names you can save even more.
Find savings with Aon’s plan recommendation tool
Use Aon’s online plan recommendation tool to compare plans and benefits, see which providers are in network, which drugs are covered and estimate your out-of-pocket costs. The step-by-step questionnaire uses your responses to rank plans that will best meet your needs and budget.
Aon Retiree Health Exchange is available through Aon Hewitt Health Market Insurance Solutions, a third-party marketing organization (TMO), retained to promote or sell a plan sponsor’s Medicare products on the plan sponsor’s behalf who holds the contract with the federal government.
Aon Hewitt Health Market Insurance Solutions Inc. is contracted to represent insurance plans in your state. California Agency License Number: OE97576, Arkansas Agency License Number: 100102657, DBA in North Dakota: Aon Hewitt Health Insurance Agency Solutions, Inc., Fictitious Name in New York: Aon Hewitt Health Insurance Agency Solutions.
By contacting us or confirming your appointment with Aon Retiree Health Exchange, you agree to have a licensed insurance agent contact you through email, mail or phone to dis- cuss Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug, Medicare Supplement (also known as Medigap) plans and dental or vision insurance. Agreeing to accept and participate in your appointment does not obligate you to enroll in a plan, affect your current or future Medicare enrollment status or automatically enroll you in a Medicare plan.
Medicare has neither reviewed nor endorsed this information.
Aon Retiree Health Exchange, 4 Overlook Point, Lincolnshire, IL 60069 United States.
Grim Reminder:
Latest Roadside Tragedies Underscore Need for Drivers to Slow Down, Move Over
The recent deaths of two AAA tow providers, killed while assisting motorists, highlight just how dangerous it is for individuals who regularly work along the shoulders of America’s busy and congested roads.
Glenn Ewing, 32, was killed July 4 near Cincinnati, Ohio, while placing a disabled vehicle on the back of a flatbed on the side of the road. He leaves behind a fiancée and two children. Only three weeks later, 30-year-old David Meyer was assisting a driver on the left-hand shoulder in Castle Rock, Colorado, when he was also struck and killed. As of August, 14 tow providers have been killed while helping others at the roadside.
Startling new data from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that among drivers who do not comply with Move Over laws at all times, 42 percent thought this behavior was somewhat or not dangerous at all to roadside emergency workers. This demonstrates that drivers may not realize how risky it is for those working or stranded along highways and roads close to moving traffic.
An average of 24 emergency responders including tow providers are struck and killed by vehicles while working at the roadside each year – meaning someone in this line of work is killed, on average, every other week.
To protect these individuals, AAA and other traffic safety advocates have led the way in getting Move Over laws passed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Yet, the AAA Foundation finds that nearly a quarter of those surveyed are unaware of the Move Over law in the state where they live, and among those who are aware of their state’s Move Over laws, about 15 percent report not understanding the potential consequences for violating the Move Over law at all.
In early 2021, Pennsylvania’s Move Over Law went into effect. This law requires drivers who are approaching an emergency response area and are unable to safely merge into a lane farther away, pass the emergency response area at a speed of at least 20 miles per hour below the posted speed limit, according to PennDOT.
Please remember to Slow Down, Move Over for emergency responders. Move Over laws help keep emergency responders, tow providers, and other roadside workers safe as they perform their jobs. For more information, please visit AAA.com/SlowDown.
AAA
Open enrollment ends December 7. Try Aon’s recommendation tool today! Go to retiree.aon.com/aaasouthpa
or call 1-800-332-7374 (TTY 711), Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT.
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