Healthy Finances
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Banking Basics
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 6:00 pm
Banking Basics teaches you how to open accounts, make deposits and withdrawals, monitor fees, maintain balances, conduct transactions remotely safely, and more.
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Understanding Your Paycheck
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 6:00 pm
In this webinar, you’ll learn about payroll and tax deductions, social security, Medicare, FICA and more.
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How Credit Works
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 6:00 pm
Utilizing credit, credit reporting, credit scores and credit impact. Understand credit and learn how lenders determine your credit worthiness and more in this webinar.
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Keeping It Safe
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 6:00 pm
Learn how to protect yourself from identity theft and financial abuse, emergency financial preparedness, types of insurance and laws that can protect you from financial disaster in this webinar.
Other Healthy Finances Courses
Understanding Your Paycheck
How Credit Works
Banking Basics
It’s All In Your Mind
Saving Strategies Part One
Saving Strategies Part Two
Give Me Some Credit
Recovering from Financial Hardship: It’s Not Over!
Working Toward Retirement, Part One
Working Toward Retirement, Part Two
Raymund Paolo Cordero had grown up in the Philippines, where life, he said, was “challenging.” He earned his BA in Nursing, but employment prospects were dim. His wife, Maria, whom he’d met in nursing school, had emigrated to the U.S. in 2008, and encouraged him to join her. “I was so excited,” Raymund said. He landed his first job in healthcare at a non-1199SEIU dialysis center, working 16-hour days. When he was offered a position as an acute hemodialysis nurse at Mount Sinai Brooklyn, he took it. The salary that would take him a month to earn in the Philippines he was suddenly making in three hours. And he’s now able to provide for his family, which has grown to include his 4-year-old, daughter, Iris, and his 1 1/2-year-old, son, Rafael. In 2017, Raymund took advantage of the 1199SEIU Citizenship Program and became a U.S. citizen in 2018. Now he’s set his sights on earning his master’s degree in Nursing Management. “Everyone has a purpose,” Raymund said. “Everyone can make a contribution.”
Physicians and other healthcare professionals have long seen a correlation between physical and mental health. In the past decade or so, numerous studies have confirmed this link and have led to improved treatment options. For example, it’s not uncommon today for doctors to recommend that hypertensive patients improve their diet while also instructing them to practice stress–reduction techniques. We’ve learned that high stress levels alone can trigger a spike in blood pressure and increase the risk of heart disease. Of course, your Benefit Fund has always embraced whole–person care, which is why our Wellness Member Assistance Program offers health fairs, seminars, classes, presentations and workshops at your workplace that address both physical and mental health. 
The 1199SEIU Benefit Funds’ Fraud and Abuse Department has identified a telemarketing fraud scheme that has the potential to cost your Benefit Fund thousands of dollars–and could even leave you responsible for out-of-pocket costs. The scheme typically involves a phone call from someone saying that you can obtain a prescription cream to relieve joint and back pain, fully covered by your health plan–which is not true. The caller sets up a phone call with a doctor, who “prescribes” the pain cream and has it sent directly to your home. Remember: Teladoc is the Benefit Funds’ exclusive telemedicine provider; no other telemedicine provider is authorized to prescribe medication for 1199SEIU members.