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Message: <blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1033666" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p>It's really not that complicated.  Let me explain it to you.Yes, the E/B voted to save our funds in 2010.  Everyone took a hit in order to save the funds.  We had to pay higher co-pays, etc and retirees had to pay more too.  They do get about $1200 per month in benefits and the old rate was not keeping up with health care inflation ($200 /month). The rates did go up for retirees.  Yes it hurts them more because their monthly pension check doesnt go up every year. But health care inflation in this country is 3 times the rate of inflation. SO a 10% increase every year is about right. However, it wouldnt hurt as much if the old board had not frozen the pension for almost 14 years!!</p></blockquote><p></p>