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OPERS board votes 9-2 to cut retirement healthcare benefits for 500,000-plus

By The Columbus Dispatch  
   January 16, 2020

Action comes on the heels of proposed COLA cuts. Retired public employees will have to pay more for their health care starting in January 2022 following a 9-2 vote Wednesday by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System board. “The basic problem is we have no money to fund health care,” OPERS Executive Director Karen Carraher said.

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