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Report on Federal Retiree Issues During our recent NTEU Legislative Conference that was held in Washington, D.C., there were three issues of importance for current and future Federal Retirees that we discussed with our Senators and Representatives in March of this year. We asked them to support legislation (H.R.1110 and S. 773) to allow federal and military retirees to use pre-tax dollars to pay for our health insurance premiums, as active federal workers currently are able to do. During the past six years, cost of living adjustments have ranged from 1.3 to 3.5 percent for retirees while health insurance premiums have risen by more than 50 percent. This legislation will help bring equity to federal retirees in their heath care costs. H.R. 82 and S. 206 are currently pending in Congress. So are many other bills designed to fix or lessen the impact of unfair Social Security offsets. The Government Pension Offset (GPO) affects tens of thousands of individuals who are entitled to receive a federal pension from their own work and who are eligible for Social Security based on their spouse's record of work. The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces a retiree's social security based on his or her own earnings by up to 55 percent simply because he or she receives a public pension. |
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