{"id":657,"date":"2024-11-19T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:52:57","slug":"chapter-1734-lunch-november-13-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/chapter-1734-lunch-november-13-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1734 Lunch-November 13, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_656\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/chapter-1734-lunch-november-13-2024\/2024-11-13-bcbs-rep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656\" class=\"wp-image-656 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-BCBS-rep-scaled-e1731883861131-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"man speaking to a room of seniors in a restaurant\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-BCBS-rep-scaled-e1731883861131-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-BCBS-rep-scaled-e1731883861131-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-BCBS-rep-scaled-e1731883861131-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-BCBS-rep-scaled-e1731883861131-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-BCBS-rep-scaled-e1731883861131.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Hurka, Account Manager | FEHBP Account Management for Blue Cross Blue Shield, described FEHBP changes in 2025 and the plans offered by CareFirst.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_648\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/chapter-1734-lunch-november-13-2024\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-648\" class=\"wp-image-648 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1-e1731882802667-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"woman speaking on microphone at health care open season lunch\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1-e1731882802667-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1-e1731882802667-842x1024.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1-e1731882802667-768x934.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1-e1731882802667-300x365.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-aetnarep1-e1731882802667.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia A. Wright detailing the benefits offered by Aetna to federal employees and retirees in the open season.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_653\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/chapter-1734-lunch-november-13-2024\/2024-11-13-geharep2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-653\" class=\"wp-image-653 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-geharep2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"man with microphone speaking at open season lunch\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-geharep2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-geharep2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-geharep2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-geharep2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-geharep2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Johnson, Federal Health Plan Specialist for United Healthcare, explained GEHA benefits available under their Medicare Advantage plans.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/chapter-1734-lunch-november-13-2024\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-655\" class=\"wp-image-655 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"woman with microphone at open season lunch\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2024\/11\/2024-11-13-kaiserrep1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Gibbs, a Kaiser Permanente Medicare Account Representative, outlined benefits available from Kaiser.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Chapter 1734 held its annual Federal Employees Health Benefits Open Season lunch to hear representatives from Aetna, Blue Cross\/Blue Shield, GEHA\/United Healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente at JAM Eateries in Ellicott City. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"parent":31,"menu_order":33,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-657","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions\/1112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}