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House takes $480.6 million from public workers’ health plan to balance budget

MARCH 5, 2018 | by Daniel Desrochers | LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER

“House Republican surprised many Wednesday when they released a budget that called for tax increases to help fund education, but tax increases alone were not enough to balance their proposed two-year budget. Republican leaders have proposed grabbing $742 million in cash earmarked for specific purposes throughout state government and dumping it into the General Fund, which pays for most of state government. … The largest transfer came from the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan …”

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