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Compare and contrast. Cinda tries to explain. John Dillon responds and translates. | Fred Klonsky

Compare and contrast. Cinda tries to explain. John Dillon responds and translates. | Fred Klonsky:


Compare and contrast. Cinda tries to explain. John Dillon responds and translates.

From IEA President Cinda Klickna on SB2404:
“There have been questions raised about language amended into SB 2404, the Cullerton-Coalition legislation. This amendment was not a surprise to the members of the labor coalition. The coalition remains committed to the passage of SB 2404. The amendment clarifies the law with regard to retiree access to health insurance through the State.
“Maintaining access to health insurance.”
“Under current law, access to state health insurance for retirees is not a vested enforceable contractual right. If SB 2404 becomes law, it would become, for the first time, an enforceable contractual right. The recent amendment is President Cullerton’s attempt to make it clear that, by making access to insurance a contractual right, SB 2404 does not make the cost of the