Most Michigan Legislators Lose Retiree Health Coverage
Cutoff affects Troy 's new representative; senator exempt because of seniority.
One of Royal Oak's two state legislators, first-term Rep. Jim Townsend, loses retiree health insurance under a law cancelling that benefit for future Michigan lawmakers and most current ones. Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday afternoon signed a measure ending medical coverage for ex-lawmakers, a 54-year-old benefit that cost about $5.3 million in the last budget year. The law's language, resulting from a compromise between the House and Senate, preserves future benefits for members who've qualified for them or will do so by the time this session ends Jan. 1, 2013. Senators voted 37-1 in favor of that bill Oct. 5 and the House went along a day later in a 96-11 vote. Clawson's other legislator, Sen. John Pappageorge of Troy, first was elected to …
BrianColeman
5:19 am on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
When my husband and I planned for an early retirement we were both in our 50's. Not only were we retiring, but we were moving to Nashville, TN. Since we resigned from our jobs, we knew we would have to buy health insurance and dental insurance in Tennessee. We purchased a PPO family plan, for just my husband and me, through "Penny Health" . We paid for the family plan ourselves, initially, the … more ›