tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post9214116417471942848..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Yesterday's TweetsMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-4741612955381668152013-05-15T17:20:52.736-05:002013-05-15T17:20:52.736-05:00Mike, it just dawned on me. Perhaps Randi--just li...Mike, it just dawned on me. Perhaps Randi--just like many non-TRS member taxpayers in IL--is under the mistaken impression (gee--could the Civic Committee/IL is Broke have put this idea into their heads?)<br />that we teachers get FREE health benefits--for the rest of our lives! So<br />she might think that IL is offering us TOO much. And...anyone who's reading this--of course, we TRS retired teachers DO pay for health insurance--one such teacher told me that she pays $900/MONTH. I pay<br />$600 MORE than that, as I kept my school district insurance, fearing that something like this was going to happen with the TRS offerings ("It's a stick-up!" shouted the robber baron/G.A. member,<br />"Your COLA or your health plan! AND--don't think we won't come back for more later!")<br />Bottom line: EVERYONE who's reading this tell EVERYONE you know or meet that, no, IL retired teachers do NOT "receive" free health benefits--not even for a day, let alone life. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how sympathetic people become!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com