[GreenKeys] URGENT: CURRENT AND FUTURE RETIREES

[Don Robert House]

OFF TOPIC BUT VERY IMPORTANT>>>

ATTENTION CURRENT AND FUTURE RETIREES:

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENCOURAGE YOUR U.S. 
REPRESENTATIVE TO COSPONSOR H.R. 1322, THE 
EMERGENCY RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS PROTECTION ACT 
OF 2005.

Congressman John Tierney (D-MA) has reintroduced 
H.R. 1322, the Emergency Retiree Health Benefits 
Protection Act of 2005.  The bill addresses the 
national crisis in post-retirement cutbacks of 
retiree health care benefits.

We need your support to encourage legislators to 
cosponsor H.R. 1322 and support the provisions of 
the legislation that would prohibit employers 
from canceling or reducing health benefits that 
retirees were promised.  The bill is the product 
of substantial study and hard work and reflects a 
continuation of the essential approach taken in 
ERISA itself - where needed safeguards for 
participants in private sector pension and health 
plans were balanced by a respect for the 
voluntary nature of the plans themselves.

Here is how you can take action on this issue:

1)	Go the NRLN website at <http://www.nrln.org>
2)	Type your zip code in the "Write to 
Congress" box at the top of the home page.
3)	You will be directed to an "Action 
Alertî" box.  Please click on the first alert 
regarding H.R. 1322.
4a)	You will be directed to the "Action Alert" regarding H.R. 1322.
4b)             Please type in your zip code 
again in the "Take Action" box to the right.
5)	You will be directed to a screen that 
provides a sample letter either asking your 
legislator to cosponsor H.R. 1322 or thanking 
your legislator if he or she is already a 
cosponsor.  The system automatically provides the 
correct letter for you based on the zip code that 
you entered.

Please follow the directions carefully.  We urge 
you to add your own messages to the form letters, 
as it is very meaningful to legislators to see 
and hear the personal stories of their 
constituents.

Thank you very much for taking action on this 
important issue to retirees.  It is essential 
that we continue to get our message out to 
Congress through all retirees.