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April 29, 1985
City Council Member
City of rLLod� i
Dear !.
I am a work-related disabled retired city employee. Upon my
retirement in 1980, I had benefits converted to pay up health
insurance for my wife and me for 62 months. The city insurance
premiums increased during this period, and I was required to pay"
the increases.
On may 31, 1985, the portion of my city insurance paid by the
city will expire, and I find that I can no longer be in the
insurance group. Personnel retired from other departments in the
City are allowed to continue to have the group insurance, paying
their own premiums, but Police Department personnel are not.
There would be no additional labor c_ funds paid out for me, and
no increase in the group rate if I was allowed tr�, stay in the
group as the other city personnel are. I would simply pay the
full premium of $178.78 per month.
I am told that my request to remain under the group policy will
not be considered by the city until Police negotiations in
October, 1986., 1 feel this is unfair, since my insurance with
the city will terminate May 31, 1985, and premiums for other
policies will cost more per month than my retirement income,
providing that I can even get insurance since having open heart
surgery with five coronary grafts on March 13, 1985.
Jerry Glen referred me to the City's insurance carrier to see
about their medical conversion policy. We received the
literature, and these policies extend far less benefits and cost
much more money, as follows:
Plan 202 CA. $200 deductible $945.82/mo.
Plan 502 CA. $500 deductible 859.34/mo.
Plan 992 CA. $1000 deductible 791.56/mo.
Mr. Glen indicated that if retired disabled police officers were
allowed to continue under the city group policy that group policy
rates would be forced up. 1 don't believe this is so, since I am
still in the group policy, and I am, I believe, the oldest
disabled retired police officer. Anyone else being allowed
reinstatement would be a younger officer and would not raise the
average age of the group. It should also be noted that if I were
dead, my wife could continue under the same city policy.
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