Note to Illinois retirees about information posted here about the Medicare Advantage option.
I have received a number of comments that make claims about the new Medicare Advantage option replacing what was available to retirees under TRIP. I simply am not posting those comments until more information comes out from IEA and other official sources. I am aware that there are problems using only those sources. I, like many readers, cannot yet wrap my head around all the changes and I don’t wa
Matt Taibbi RS pension story follow-up. “Democrats in bed with Wall Street in pension theft.”
Rhode Island State Treasurer Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, has declared war on public pensions. AP Photo: Steven Senne Several weeks ago Rolling Stone magazine ran a story by Matt Taibbi which blew the cover off the current massive public pension theft. In a follow-up piece just out, Taibbi discusses the Democratic Party’s role in the pension theft and the goal of turning defined benefit pension
Sunday reads.
Bill Moyers talks about the Chicago Workers Cooperative – organizing workers to bring down the barriers. Latest polls. Because of the government shutdown, the Republicans would lose the House if the election were held today. I saw The Trials of Muhammad Ali last night. See it when it comes to your town. The WaPo’s Valerie Strauss and Diane Ravitch have a talk. Brunch in New York. MORE please. The
10-5-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:Fred Klonsky's Daily postsResponding to protests, CMS/HMS push back cleansing deadline to December 6th.As a result of protest from across the state, including to and from this blog, the Illinois Central Management System – which manages the Teachers Retirement Insurance Program (TRIP) – has pushed back