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Retired Ohio Public Workers Receive Massive Cuts to Health Care Benefits Starting in 2022

January 21, 2020January 20, 2020 Jason M. Reynolds

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Following a year in which stock markets posted healthy gains, the organization running Ohio’s public employee benefits is cutting back — a lot.

Almost 100,000 Coal Miners at Risk of Losing All or Part of Pension by 2022

May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 Admin

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More than 85,000 coal miner retirees and 20,000 working miners are at risk of losing all or part of their pension by 2022 if more coal companies declare bankruptcy. Within the next four years, a handful of major coal-fired power plants in the Ohio Valley are expected to shut…