SPRINGFIELD - Would Chicago abandon its public safety retirees to nationalized health care? Quietly, this week, the Illinois legislature passed a measure that could force Chicago retirees off private health care an onto the public exchanges being set up.
SB 1584 passed the Illinois Senate Thursday after passing the Illinois House Wednesday, and is now on its way to the governor's desk. The Fraternal Order of Police opposed the measure. State Senator Chapin Rose tweeted afterward:
Bill to move retired Chicago Cops and Firefighters into Obamacare just passed! This is going to get interesting!
— Chapin Rose (@SenChapinRose) May 30, 2013
Read Illinois Review's analysis HERE. The Senate roll call follows:
