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NATIONAL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER INDUSTRY 
WELFARE FUND PENSION FUND 
 8000 CORPORATE DRIVE LANDOVER, MD 20785 
WELFARE FUND TRUSTEES 
PENSION FUND TRUSTEES 
FRED BARALL, Secretary 
JOHN D BODINE, SR., Chairman 
FRED BARALL, Secretary 
JOHN D. BODINE , SR. , Chairman 
CORNELIUS J. CAHILL 
MICHAEL R. MAHLER 
CORNELIUS J. CAHILL 
STANLEY M. SMITH 
RUSSELL P. FLEMING 
JAMES E . TUCKER 
RUSSELL P. FLEMING 
MICHAEL W. JACOBSON, Administrator 
To All Participants in the NASI Welfare Fund 
From the Board of Trustees 
The Board of Trustees of the National Automatic 
More than 500,000 tobacco users have already been 
Sprinkler Industry Welfare Fund is pleased to report 
helped using the Quit For Life® Program. It works. 
that benefit changes that have been in effect since Jan-
Hundreds of NASI Welfare Fund participants and de-
uary 1, 2011, along with the additional changes that 
pendents have used this program and are now tobacco 
were effective January 1, 2012, have resulted in favor-
able financial experience for the NASI Welfare Fund. 
Also contributing to this positive result was the Janu-
Call today for FREE coaching at 1.866.QUIT.4.LIFE 
ary 1, 2012, hourly contribution increase and excellent 
(866.784.8454) or visit 
investment returns on the reserves of the Fund. 
If you choose to participate, the fact of your participa-
Unfortunately, part of the reason the NASI Welfare 
tion will not be shared with anyone except for Fund 
Fund is in a better-than-expected financial position is 
staff and professionals (and, if necessary, Medco) as 
that there are fewer participants eligible for benefits 
necessary to follow up on long-term cost benefits of the 
than in previous years. It is expected that this trend 
program, in keeping with federal privacy law. 
will reverse itself once construction picks up. 
Medco bought by Express Scripts 
At this time, the Trustees have decided that there will 
be no change to the deductibles, co-insurance levels or 
During this past year, our "pharmacy benefit manager", 
out-of-pocket maximums for 2013. 
Medco, was purchased by a firm in that same business, 
Express Scripts. As a result of the purchase, the two 
Quit for Life® Program 
companies are now one company and will do business 
under the name of Express Scripts. The Trustees have 
Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable 
been advised that there will be no disruption experi-
cause of disease and premature death in the United 
enced by participants of the NASI Welfare Fund. You 
States. For those who smoke or otherwise use tobacco 
do not need to take any action; your prescriptions will 
products, the Fund continues to pay for an opportunity 
continue to be handled by the merged and now larger 
for you to "Quit for Life®". 
company. You should treat contact and information 
from Express Scripts as you would treat contact and 
The Quit For Life® Program has resources to help you 
information from Medco; they are now the same com-
quit. 
The NASI Welfare Fund will pick up the en-
pany. The telephone number and address for Medco 
tire cost of your participation including the cost of 
will continue to be used. There is no plan to reissue 
certain prescription drugs, like Chantix or Zyban. 
NASI or Blue Cross ID cards to reflect this name 
With their counseling, your chances of quitting for life 
are 8 times greater than trying to quit on your own. 
Pensioner Medical Coverage 
REMINDERS 
Some years ago, a goal was announced that pensioners 
Retiree Benefits and Medicare 
and beneficiaries would be asked to pay an increasing 
Medicare is the primary coverage for retirees, depend-
portion of the cost of their coverage eventually reach-
ents of retirees and beneficiaries. The NASI Welfare 
ing the goal of retirees paying 50% of the cost of retir-
Plan requires that individuals who are eligible for 
Medicare Part B benefits sign up for those benefits. 
Additionally, if an individual is not entitled to cost-
In keeping with this goal, the Trustees have made 
free Medicare Part A, that individual must also pur-
changes to the monthly self-payment amounts required 
chase Part A coverage from Medicare when they be-
for retiree medical coverage as described below. 
come eligible to do so at age 65. 
Pensioners and beneficiaries who do NOT have 
Notification Requirement upon Divorce 
Medicare 
Notice of your divorce must be provided to the Fund 
The monthly self-payment for pensioners or benefi-
office within 60 days of your divorce. 
ciaries who are not yet eligible for Medicare will 
de-
If notice of your divorce is not provided to the Fund 
crease from $790 per month to $755 per month begin-
Office in this time frame, and as a result, benefits are 
ning January 1, 2013. 
paid to an ineligible dependent, the Fund can recover 
those benefits by treating such benefits as an advance 
Pensioners and beneficiaries whose Local Union has a 
to you, and deducting such amounts from benefits 
Retired Employee Subsidy Account (RESA) and who 
which become due to you until the entire amount of 
are eligible for their local union's RESA will continue 
benefits erroneously paid is recovered. 
to benefit from their Local Union's subsidy of the cost 
of their coverage. If your Local Union plans to change 
Make Sure Your Beneficiary is Up-to-Date 
the amount of the subsidy, you will be advised in a 
separate announcement. 
Be aware that your divorce does not invalidate your 
beneficiary designation. Forms to designate a benefi-
Pensioners and beneficiaries WITH Medicare 
ciary for your NASI Welfare Fund life insurance bene-
 
In keeping with the policy as stated above, the month-
fit as well as for your NASI Pension Fund death bene-
ly self-payment for pensioners or beneficiaries who 
fit (for active participants) and for your SIS Pension 
became eligible for Medicare before 2002 will 
de-
Fund death benefit are available on the Funds' web-
crease from $260 per month to $250 per month effec-
site, or by calling the Fund office. 
tive January 1, 2013. For those pensioners or benefi-
ciaries who become eligible for Medicare after 2001, 
If You Become Entitled to Social Security Dis-
the monthly self-payment cost for coverage will 
de-
ability Benefits 
crease from $310 per month $300 per month effective 
you have to provide the Fund Office with a copy of 
January 1, 2013. 
your award within nine months of your receipt in or-
der to fully benefit from Plan provisions that can re-
Medicare-eligible Pensioners and beneficiaries whose 
store or continue eligibility for benefits. 
Local Union has a Retired Employee Subsidy Account 
(RESA) and who are eligible for their local union's 
Annual Reminder regarding Women's Health 
RESA will continue to benefit from their Local Un-
and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 
ion's subsidy of the cost of their coverage. If your Lo-
cal Union plans to change the amount of the subsidy, 
The NASI Welfare Plan, as required by the Women's 
you will be advised in a separate announcement. 
Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, provides bene-
 
Participation Agreement Monthly Cost  
fits for mastectomy related services, including all stag-
es of reconstruction and surgery to achieve symmetry 
The premium for the NASI Welfare Fund for those 
between the breasts, prostheses, and complications 
participating in the Fund through participation agree-
resulting from a mastectomy, including lymphedema. 
ments (e.g. owner members) will remain $1,347.20 
Call the Fund Office at 1-800-638-2603 for more in-
Source: http://www.nasifund.org/PDFs/Welfare_Fund/Wel%20Change%202013.pdf
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