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Retired Teachers Chapter News

A symbiotic connection

Are UFT retirees missing out when they attend union events and courses remotely? The Si Beagle Learning Center now offers remote courses, activities and seminars that were only available in person before the pandemic. But there is growing pressure to organize more in-person activities, and the RTC is trying to provide both options.

Medicare Part B reimbursements

Medicare Part B 2022 reimbursements were scheduled to be distributed in mid-April 2023.

IRMAA 2022 reimbursement

Medicare B 2022 IRMAA reimbursements are scheduled to be issued by October 2023. Those retirees who are eligible for the IRMAA reimbursement must submit the IRMAA 2022 application along with the required supporting documents.

Putting technology to work in Queens

The Retired Teachers Chapter's Queens section continues to develop the rich selection of remote classes it created during the pandemic — from baking and line dancing to guitar — and is taking its use of technology to a new level in the process.

Back in person in Brooklyn

As the pandemic subsides, the Retired Teachers Chapter’s Brooklyn section, like other sections, is welcoming retired members back for line dancing, crocheting, seed beading and other in-person classes while it continues to offer remote classes, too.

Training her sights on cancer research

Retiree Peggy Keyes establised a model train museum to raise money for pancreatic cancer research in honor of her husband, who died of the disease.