More Details on Rauner Pension Proposal: Plan Would Limit Collective Bargaining, Incentivize Less Generous Pensions
Support for Illinois Gov. Rauner’s pension overhaul proposal, unveiled last week, is split down party lines, and the divide only deepened as the plan’s full details were released.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Will Veto State Pension Overhaul, Including Shift to Hybrid Plan
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf indicated on Thursday morning that he will veto a measure, recently passed by GOP lawmakers, that would overhaul the state’s pension system and shift new ...
Illinois Gov. Rauner Unveils Pension Overhaul; Proposal Contains Big Changes for Public Workers
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday unveiled his own pension reform proposal, which contains significant changes for public workers of all stripes, as well as municipalities.
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Congress Continues Eyeing Pension Changes for Federal Employees
Congress has passed a series of benefit changes for federal workers in recent years, most notably boosting employee contributions for new hires from 0.8 percent to 4.4 percent.
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California, L.A. Near Deal To Boost Nursing Home Inspections
This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News (KHN), a nonprofit national health policy news service.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health could receive nearly ...
Judge Strikes Down Montana Pension Cut, Citing Constitutional Violation
A Montana judge has reversed a portion of a 2013 state law that mandated pension changes for all members of the Montana Teachers’ Retirement System.
The part of the law that ...
Fraud Still Plagues Medicare Drug Program, Watchdog Finds
Charles Ornstein is a senior reporter for ProPublica and a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists. This story originally appeared on ProPublica.
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