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Message: <blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 921866" data-attributes="member: 29553"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td> News from our e board: Improving Your Medical Benefits [h=2]Out-of-Network Emergency Coverage Restored[/h]Local 804 members spoke out loud and clear that restoring out-of network emergency room coverage was a top priority. While UPS was demanding benefit cuts, we demanded that our old emergency coverage be restored. And we won. Effective Jan. 1, members’ coverage for out-of-network emergency services are back to the same reimbursement we had before the benefit changes in June 2010. That means out-of-network professional charges, such as doctors, physician assistants or radiologists associated with an ER visit will be reimbursed at 80 percent of the Fund’s major medical allowance. In-network charges will be covered at 100 percent after your deductible. To win this improvement, the trustees agreed that for all members who become disabled on or after Jan 1, the maximum weekly payment will be $170. Whether disability payments are $170 a week or $300 a week, they are not enough to cover our costs when we’re on disability. That’s why many Local 804 members buy supplemental disability insurance. </td></tr></table></blockquote>