BJ prescription coverage meets Obamacare standards

The Beacon Journal's prescription coverage is considered "Creditable Coverage" under Obamacare, the BJ reports, and BJ retirees can keep the coverage and not have to pay a higher premium penalty if they later decide to join a Medicare drug plan.

The letters began arriving today to BJ retirees.

The 50 retired printers and Guild members who won the healthcare lawsuit against the BJ have different, better coverage -- $5 co-pay for the printers and $2 co-pay for the Guild retirees. They also have both Medicare and AARP Supplemental medical coverage for substantially better terms than retirees not benefitting from the lawsuit, saving most of the lawsuit winners thousands of dollars a year.