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Well, well, it seems the schools are much better at handling/negotiating health care benefits for retirees with respect to how it impacts taxpayers than the city is. if I read the article correctly, that was negotiated into their agreements at some point. Yet the city, by the comments above as well as their actions, seem to think that it's all but impossible for them to do that. Hmm. So i guess we just eat those exploding costs for the next couple of decades until the current hires are into a copay type of system. Oh, wait.. that hasn't been negotiated yet. No one expects or wants to have 65 year old officers or firefighters, that's not the issue. Providing healthcare to retirees for free is the issue. i guess we just have to wait until these cost thoroughly swamp the budget and we become a Providence or Cranston. Until then, we'll keep talking about how it can't be done because we're not like Providence or Cranston.

From: With no co-pay, retiree health costs top $7.2 million

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