Sentences with phrase «retiree health care issue»

For much more on the retiree health care issue, see the Empire Center report, «Iceberg Ahead: The Hidden Cost of Retiree Health Benefits in New York.»

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Smith said Mittal seemed adamant about reducing retiree health care benefits, one of the key issues for the union workers.

A commission chaired by the City of Chicago's Comptroller issued a report earlier this week which said that Chicago can no longer afford its subsidies for government worker retiree health care, which currently cost the city $ 109 million annually but would grow to nearly $ 500 million in a decade thanks to projected increases in the number of retirees and in health care costs.The commission offered Mayor Rahm Emanuel a series of suggestions on how to change the program to save money, including having workers pay a greater percentage of their own health care premiums in retirement, but it also concluded that the city might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in court.

This is the same issue that faces every state in the nation (except Wisconsin) and the Federal Government over their retiree health care programs; they didn't set aside money for the future payments, but decided to pay - as - it - goes.

EBRI's Retirement Confidence Survey shows that nearly half of retirees had to leave the workforce earlier than they'd planned, usually due to health issues, a company downsizing or having to care for a spouse or other family member.

Then there is the issue of rising health care costs for retirees.

Lisa Tilson, retiree coordinator with SEIU, said health care, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are not partisan issues.