THE FEDERAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000300140073-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: August 25, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2001/05/01 : CIA-RDP80-01826R000300140073-8
er l e pioyes will hove
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pu.px.pIajUo an
t s program
during the Oct.
1-15 open sea-
son.
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tively few em-
ployes Who are
passing up, a
real good bar-
gain by not
Participating in
in
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program
m
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hex chance to engpll i, _t.
program, the largest of
d, covers 6 million ,per-1
p ..d lPlgyes par.
'btVI 'S: resent rates to
both the employe and Uncle
Sam are continued without
AETNA and the insurance
agencies have made changes
in. both rates and benefits in a
move to become more com-1
petitive with the Blues.
It will maintain the same
ram o-ff'er greater bene-1
fits for self-only enrollment on,
benefits and coverage and the
following changes will be in
l 2hrw_'io1,icy:.--._ _ ._~_-~.
asic hospital and surgical-
. l iUcal Abenefits for. in-hospi. j
`
either high or low option and
al medical care for nervous , for family coverage in the low
rr mental disorders and pul- . _ option. But for family enroll-
monary tuberculosis are in. I ment in the high option the
creased from 30 to 120 days rate will be boosted 70 cents
thigh option) and from 10 to biweekly for the employe.
Q om o_ption), 11
uIl basic hospital and Sllp-1 been liberalized. They
p1eMental benefits instead of
limited maternity benefits are
l 't ed for the treatment of
false labor, threatened miscar-
riage or abortion.
A new basic surgical-medi-
cal benefit of 10 days, inten-
sive in-hospital medical care
for high option only.
An over-all 7 per cent in-
crease in the basic surgical-
medical schedule of allow-
ances for physicians' services
in non-service areas.
The supplemental benefit
maximums of $30,000 (high) or
$10,000 (low) are available
without regard to benefit pe-
riod maximums which pre-
viously were $10,000 (high) and
"o. (low).
The provision that a basic
benefilnse begins a bene-`
fib . eri^r- for supplemental)
hPn~ =Ut Uas been dropped.;
.yn.enc ? "revered under sup-'
alMautal benefits now begin i
a nefit period.
-'re. than two deduct!-
-per "?Senefit period are
to t .( oge e
V e #lan which is l
FVk e~y )B1ueF+?t1~
rolled in the Gover
n-
ing^employes - are cov-
6 cries. by the 0
Atble to all subscribers
cod under the same fami-I
IYs-Varvllment. Previously,
each subscriber under the)
same family enrollment had to
satisfy a separate deductible.
41W -. " dm,in teed uhe program pt'-1` cent (high) or 75 per cent'
eert, manner. 11 ,e (low) are provided for pre
"giblc 7 , , e I. tlervTous or mental disorders.
It OP hgn.4 ey 1 be o Previously, this benefit was
tl!, paper, to, sttxn_guis tinff1fM to 50 per cent under
?1 ,irro n ,.q t: 4f to pa both options.
?
tzlploye isygibie? to
tf Pan
Be, m lob'
payable under the regular
plan and will be treated the l
same -asan illness or injury.
The maximum benefit is
Increased from $30,000 to $40,-
000 per person (high) and
from $10,000 to $5,000 (low).
The deductible for other
hospital expenses is only $25
per person per calendar year.
Today's Chuckle
"I certainly hope I'm sick,"
said the unhappy man to his
doctor. "I'd sure hate to feel
like this if I'm well."
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