Info for Retirees

From a long time reader of ours:

• I retired about 7 years ago. I was treated for a hernia and had a ct scan. About a month after the scan, I received a letter from Coglan Law, LLC. Thinking it was a law firm phishing, I tossed it. 2 weeks later, I received another letter informing me that failure to contact them will result in suspension of my insurance benefits. I called Blue Cross and confirmed that this was legitimate. Apparently, the city has a policy that if they think you might have been in accident, they immediately contact their subrogation unit, Coglan law. I suspect that this is motivated at least in part as a way to suspend insurance payments. The cynic in me thinks that once your benefits are suspended, that it will be extremely difficult to have them reinstated. Please inform our brothers & sisters that letters from Coglan should not be ignored.

Keep an eye on these types of letters and follow up appropriately. You don't want to be fighting to get benefits restored.