And Right-wing State Leaders Lining up to Benefit
One key benefit to state budgets is a new program to subsidize employer-provided health coverage for early retirees age 55 and older who are not eligible for Medicare. Employers eligible for the program include state governments, which will likely save hundreds of millions of dollars in coming years. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.