Email just sent to Senator Timilty to ask that he vote this morning to support the Conference Committee’s budget recommendations, which include the needed municipal health insurance reforms that will save towns money. Previously, the Senate version of the municipal health insurance reform required towns to raise benefits for retirees, so that towns had to pay more than under the House version of the bill.
7/01/2011 11:00AM
please support the Conference Committee’s budget recommendation / esp. health insurance reform
Timilty, James
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Jim,
I am writing to ask that you vote for the Conference Committee’s budget recommendation, and most especially the municipal health insurance plan it contains. Unfortunately, the Senate’s version of the health insurance reform will not save the Town of Medfield the same monies (and may well cost us more) than we will see under the House version, because the Senate version requires us to bring our retirees’ benefits up to the same levels of benefits as we provide to current employees. That will cost the Town of Medfield money to make it happen, as currently we provide lower benefits to retirees.
Thank you for your courtesies and assistance with this matter. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Pete
Osler L. Peterson, Attorney at Law
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