Medicare introduces new health care
Princeton retirees eligible for
Medicare are to receive mailings from the
University and from the Health Care Financing
Administration outlining choices available to them
as an option called Medicare+Choice, in addition to
its traditional coverage.
The University
will maintain its indemnity plan, the Princeton
Health Care Plan administered by Aetna U.S.
Healthcare, for retirees. The plan is designed to
complement primary coverage through traditional
Medicare. Retirees who elect to maintain
trad-itional Medicare coverage need do nothing if
they wish to continue their current coverage
through the Princeton Health Care Plan. However,
retirees who elect to enroll in a Medicare+Choice
plan option need to consider whether they wish to
maintain coverage through the Princeton Health Care
Plan.
The Princeton
Health Care Plan will not cover expenses associated
with In-Network care through the Medicare+ Choice
option. When care is received from providers
outside that network, the Princeton Health Care
Plan will continue to reimburse as if the patient
were enrolled in traditional Medicare (covering 90
percent of eligible expenses in excess of the
approved Medicare charge). This could result in a
significant increase in out-of-pocket
expenses.
The mailing
from Human Resources lists sources for additional
information about the new Medicare options. A
representative of the Social Security
Administration will visit the campus to answer
questions about the changes on November 20,
from 10:00 to 11 a.m. and 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in 104
Computer Science Building.
Gellman speaks on Mideast peace
Gellman -- Barton Gellman,
diplomatic correspond-ent for the Washington
Post, will give a lecture entitled "Is Time
Running Out for Mideast Peace?" at 4:30 p.m. on
November 11 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Gellman, a
member of the class of 1982, joined the Post
in 1988. In 1990 he was assigned to the
Pentagon, where he reported the Persian Gulf War,
landed with U.S. Marines in Somalia, and lived with
troops in locales ranging from a Texas tank
battalion to a submarine under the Arctic ice cap.
In 1993 he won the Gerald Ford Foundation prize for
the best defense reporting. Gellman moved to
Jerusalem as Post Jerusalem bureau chief in
1994. For his coverage of Yitzhak Rabin's
assassination, he was honored with a 1996 award for
best deadline newspaper writing by the American
Society of Newspaper Editors.
His lecture is
sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.
Weaver lectures on social security
Weaver -- Carolyn Weaver will
give a lecture on "Privatizing Social Security: An
Idea Whose Time Has Come?" at 4:30 p.m. on
November 10 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Director of
social security and pension studies at the American
Enterprise Institute, she serves on the national
advisory board of Americans Discuss Social
Security, a project of the Pew Charitable
Trusts.
Weaver is the
author of Crisis in Social Security: Economic
and Political Origins and the editor of
Social Security's Looming Surpluses: Prospects
and Implications and Disability and Work:
Incentives, Rights, and Opportunities. Her
editorials have appeared in the Wall Street
Journal, Washington Post and New York
Times, among other national newspapers. She is
currently completing a book on social security
reform.
Weaver's
lecture is cosponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School
and the Herman M. "Red" Somers Lecture Series on
Aging.
PPL offers series for teachers
The Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
is offering a series of science education workshops
for teachers called Science Over Supper. Sessions
dealing with geology and earth sciences will be
held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on November 4
and December 2 and 9 at the Patton J. Hill
Elementary School in Trenton. The programs, geared
to teachers of grades 3 to 6 (but open to all),
will be especially helpful to teachers using the
Delta, FOSS and STC kits.
For
information call (609) 243-2116.
Ramos-Horta discusses rule of law
Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel
Peace Prize winner, will discuss "Human Rights:
Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asia Pacific
Region" at 8:00 p.m. on November 9 in Helm
Auditorium, McCosh 50.
In addition to
his work for human rights in East Timor,
Ramos-Horta is now working on an International Code
of Conduct in Arms Transfers, which will obligate
governments who wish to purchase arms to uphold
internationally recognized standards of democracy,
human rights and peaceful international
relations.
Ramos-Horta's
talk is sponsored by Amnesty
International.
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McCarter drama
David Chandler (r) and Elizabeth
Marvel will appear in Meshugah, written and
directed by Emily Mann, adapted from a story by
Isaac Bashevis Singer, at McCarter Theatre through
November 8. (photo: T. Charles
Erickson)
Klezmer music
The Budapester Klezmer Band will
perform at McCarter Theatre at 8:00 p.m. on
November 9.
 Virtuosi
University Concerts will present
the Trio Romanesca in a program entitled
"Phantasticus: Virtuoso Music From 17th-Century
Italy, Austria and England" at 8:00 p.m. on
November 12 in Richardson Auditorium,
Alexander Hall.
  Lindbergh
lecture
National Book Award author, film
historian and biographer A. Scott Berg, author of
Lindbergh, will give a lecture on Charles Lindberg
at 4:00 p.m. on November 13
in Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. The talk,
illustrated with archival photographs and film
clips, is sponsored by the Council of the
Humanities, Program in American Studies and
Princeton Writing Program.
Jazz
Pianist Jonny King will appear
as guest soloist when Princeton's Miles Davis
Ensemble performs at 8:00 p.m. on November
14 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
(photo: Ssirus Pakzad)
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