Livingpower For all who have made a living and now wish to make a life
March - April 2019
Volume 35, Number 2
IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Message ..............................1
Locating Lost Insurance and
Annuity Policies.......................................2
2019 Legislative Session ......................3
NC House Members,
Alphabetically by County ................4-5
NC Senate Members,
Alphabetically by County ................5-7
AmWINS Medicare
Supplemental Insurance ......................7
Attn: Member Spouses - Be An
Associate Member .................................8
Living Power in Large Print .................8
Final Expense Insurance .......................8
Local Government Federal
Credit Union .............................................8
2019 Retiree Pay Dates .........................8
Carolina Cruise & Tours .........................9
The Hearing Bones .................................9
Access Perks Discount Program ..... 10
Office Depot Store
Purchasing Card ................................... 11
Sign Up to Receive Email
Legislative Reports .............................. 12
North Carolina
Retired
Governmental
Employees’
Association
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President’s Message
No matter when I sit down to write
my message to you, I often have more to
share than our newsletter allows, and
today isn’t any different. However, I’m
keeping my message shorter this month
to share contact information for the
members of our 2019 General Assembly.
I especially want you to know how
hard your NCRGEA staff and Board of
Directors work for you. We are tirelessly
working to convince lawmakers that a
cost of living adjustment is vital for our
retirees—a tall order in a time of declining
Linda S. Suggs,
NCRGEA President
revenues and fears about unfunded liabilities. Cost of living
adjustments are good for NC’s economy and needed by our retirees.
In North Carolina, retirees contribute $6.9 billion in economic
output. But due to stagnating cost of living adjustments and ever-
than $21,000 per year, and a pension worth $20,479 in 2008 had
declined in value to $17,405 by 2018. The picture is even more
dire for local government retirees who have gone even longer
without COLAs. We work hard to be sure legislators know these
realities. Another hurdle we face is that “unfunded liabilities” of
the retirement system and the State Health Plan are often lumped
together. These are important issues for the future economic wellbeing
of our state and need to be addressed.
We want to work with legislators to protect our great retirement
system – currently the 2nd best funded system in the US (behind
Wisconsin) and the 22nd largest in the world - yes, the WORLD –