The in box: Four Illinois state unions file suit over health care bill. « Fred Klonsky

The in box: Four Illinois state unions file suit over health care bill. « Fred Klonsky:

The in box: Four Illinois state unions file suit over health care bill.

by Fred Klonsky

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:        August 21, 2012
Contact:  Dave Comerford   
217/544-8562

Four unions representing state of Illinois and state university employees are backing a class action lawsuit challenging a new law that threatens to saddle state retirees with unaffordable new health insurance premiums.
A group of representative plaintiffs charge that Senate Bill 1313 violates the Illinois Constitution. Governor Pat Quinn signed the legislation in June, eliminating the terms of the previous health insurance plan for retired state employees and giving the director of the state Department of Central Management Services the authority to set premium costs for retirees.
The suit argues that state employees and retirees have contractual rights to the sliding fee 

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by Fred Klonsky