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.
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