Pledge: President Gerri Lewis
Prayer: Pres. Gerri
Song: Bill McLaughlin
Brents Card Game Winner: Bob Antoniac
Welcome Guests: District Governor Rick Bassett, Kelsey Christensen and Susan Consoli
Sergeants Report: Kathy Callinan
Raffle Winners: Charlie, Gerri, John
Happy Bucks: Kathy was happy to say that so far the club has raised $160 for the turkey drive with more to come. It costs $50 to provide 10 people with a Thanksgiving dinner. Eric was happy as a Warm the Children shopper, bucks for the Red Sox making the World Series, the Liberty Bank-Rotary Turkey Drive, Brent gave an unhappy buck for the Sox (unrepentant Yankee fan), Charlie was happy the Giants won a game.
Announcements:
Glen: next weeks meeting is at Luigi's for dinner. The program will be a presentation of our website by Marty. Please sign up with Glen if you are planning to attend.
Charlie: After the meeting we will be putting stickers on the dictionaries. Please sign up to distribute the dictionaries - you'll be glad you did!
Tues, 10/29: 1pm Lyme School, 2pm Mile Creek School
Wed, 10/30: 9am St. Johns School, 10am Goodwin School, 11am Daisy Ingraham School (Westbrook)
Bob Antoniac: HEAT, an organization in Old Saybrook which provides heating assistance, has asked Rotary to help. The club voted and approved a grant of $3,000.
Glen: RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) is next weekend at Camp Hazen in Chester.
Gerri: The Foundation dinner is Nov. 7 and members are encouraged to attend. So far we have 4 people going. Please let Gerri know if you would like to attend.
Program: Susan Consoli, MA,LPC Social Services Coordinator and Kelsey Christensen
Susan talked about the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. Unlike the federal website, the State Access website is working well. 200,000 people have signed up for insurance thru the exchange most of whom have had no insurance. There are many plans to choose from with varying deductibles and options. You can select from bronze, gold, silver, and platinum plans and pick the one that fits your budget. There are low income plans and you can link to the state Husky and Medicaid plans. People on Husky may lose their insurance if they get a job and income is over $600/mo. To qualify for Medicaid, you can make up to $16K/yr. Its a tiered system where the more you make the more you pay. There are tax credits if your total adjusted gross income is less than $25K.
According to the new law, you have until March 15, 2014 to get health insurance or you incur a penalty of $95. Businesses with over 50 full time employees have a 1 year grace period to offer insurance to their employees.
Preventative care will be free which will result in long term savings. Nationally 12 million people go without health insurance and the Affordable Care Act is designed to fix that.
Contact a Navigator or Assister for help enrolling: 1-855-805-HEALTH (4235)
AccessHealthCT.com
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