Eden, N. C., June 12, 1972 No. 24
Health Insurance Coverage Is Expanded
On July 1 the company’s Major Med- pensive drugs, etc. There has rievelnn- fnv .n
On July ij the company’s Major Med
insurance will be updated, im-
toved and offered to all employees in
^,® company. Major Medical is an ad-
^’bonal form of protection, coming into
Peration after benefits under the Base
'J^ital Plan have been exhausted.
^ Basic Hospital Plan will remain
It will continue to do the
of covering the initial expenses and
. c average hospitalization. It has done
job, because of its design, for
^ Fieldcrest employees.
jj You may recall that Mill Whistle ar-
(jj in the past have reviewed its per-
la 5'®'^ce and pointed out that for the
several years, it has covered 75 to
^ Percent of the average charges of
III . hospitalizations of employees and
dependents.
Of 'the ever-increasing costs
Mt 1 sick and admitted to the hos-
average charges are going .up.
due to general inflation, more
.^isticated methods of treatment, ex
pensive drugs, etc. There has develop
ed an increasing need on the part of
all Fieldcrest employees for additional
coverage over and above the Base Plan.
Better Benefits
Fieldcrest’s revised Major Medical
Plan will meet this need. After the
Base Hospital Plan has paid all that
it will pay, the plan member will pay
the next $100 and then Major Medical
begins paying 80 percent of all covered
charges connected with the hospitaliza
tion up to a maximum of $25,000.
The Major Medical Insurance and the
existing Group Insurance Plan, includ
ing the Base Hospital Plan, will be com
bined into one “package”.
Although you must be ho.spitalized to
start a claim, the Major Medical bene
fit period extends for six months from
the date that you are released from the
hospital. This means that any drugs,
doctor’s visits, registered nurses’ care
or other covered charges which are re
lated to your hospital stay will be cov-
!^rs. Burcham Attains 50-Year Record
MAMIE J. BURCHAM
Mamie J. Burcham, of the Sheet Fin
ishing Office, today (June 12) com
pletes an outstanding record of 50 years
of continuous service with the Company.
She is to be honored by the manage
ment of Fieldcrest Mills at a luncheon
at Meadow Greens Country Club Tues
day, June 13. Other members of the
Fieldcrest 50-ycar Club will attend the
luncheon.
Mrs. Burcham has never been off the
payroll for any reason since she was
first employed June 12, 1922. She has
been engaged in order service and bill
ing operations for sheets virtually the
entire time. She currently works as a
Visi-Records clerk at the Sheet Finish
ing Office.
She began as a ticket clerk in the
Sheet Packing Department at the old
Bleachery but for most of her years
was in the Order and Billing Depart
ment at the Central Warehouse. She
has been in the office at the Sheet Fin
ishing Mill .since that new plant was
occupied in 1966.
Mrs. Burcham has worked as clerk,
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ered for that length of time even though
you have been discharged.
Should you be reconfined to the hos
pital after that six months’ period, your
insurance benefits will begin anew with
an additional deductible but also with
another six months of coverage from
the date of your next release from the
hospital.
No Waiting
As the new plan begins, those em
ployees or dependents who were not
previously eligible for coverage and are
confined to the hospital when the plan
takes effect July 1 will be covered by
Major Medical back to the date of their
admission to the hospital and will re
ceive Major Medical benefits from that
date.
Reasonable Cost
The cost of Major Medical to those
employees who did not previously have
the coverage v/ill be very small. In a
new booklet to be distributed to all em
ployees around July 1, those new costs
will be outlined as part of the total
plan cost. (Remember, Major Medical
is part of the “package” and cannot be
taken separately.)
For hourly employees newly eligible
for the plan and salaried employees
who may not have been members pre
viously, the nominal charge for the ad
dition of Major Medical benefits will
be an increase to the present package
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New Graduates
Pictures on page five of this issue
of The Mill Whistle show sons and
daughters of Fieldcrest employees who
are new graduates of colleges and un
iversities.
To date only a few of the pictures
of those graduating have been received.
The Mill Whistle will print additional
graduates in the June 26 issue. Parents
are urged to, send in the pictures and
information promptly.
In the case of graduates in areas out
side of Eden, the parents should turn in
the pictures and information to their
plant reporter or their local personnel
office, or mail it to The Mill Whistle,
Fieldcrest Mills, Eden, N. C. 27288.