Quote Originally Posted by Wesley Mouch View Post
I am not well-informed here, but why is retiree healthcare coverage a big concern. We have Medicare. We have Obamacare. Combined, don't we socially provide decent coverage? I thought that was the idea. What's the real story?
1. Many Police and Fire pensioners did not pay into Social Security. If they did not, they are not eligible for Medicare.

2. Even the Medicare-eligible pensioners were getting supplemental insurance through the City. That will be going away. [[And there is no, repeat no, constitutional protection for health care benefits.)

3. I'm guessing that the stipend being given to non-Medicare eligible employees [[be they too young or never having contributed to SS) isn't close to out-of-pocket costs under Obamacare. And that's this year--I'm hearing 10+% rate increases in year two.