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Illinois owes $68 billion in health benefits to government officials

DECEMBER 12, 2019 | by Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner, includes “There’s another government-worker benefit wreaking fiscal havoc in Illinois: free and heavily-subsidized health insurance for retired state workers, teachers and community college employees. … The state’s actuaries say Illinois should have $68 billion set aside and invested today so it can safely make those $168 billion in future payouts. The problem is, state politicians haven’t set aside anything at all.” 

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