Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
How about taking all illegals off Medicaid and cancellation of the debit cards and free housing.
Probably the ones who will die before next election. Won’t be any use to him so hasta la vista
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires that in emergency situations, emergency rooms must treat to stabilization. So while the budget is taking out the cost of a program, it’s not going to change the EMTALA requirements for facilities like Cook County and other trauma centers. High rates of uncompensated care will result in higher costs for insured, non-Medicare, non-Medicaid patients which will be absorbed by employers. Illinois’ insistence on welcoming illegal migration puts a strain on institutions, tax payers and the insured. A shrinking population of working aged citizens cannot support the aged, the uninsured, and the… Read more »
NON-CITIZEN = NO BENEFITS
why is this so hard to understand? Bleeding heart libs have destroyed this country