Summary
When Dorothy Lueking, 74, was in high school in south Los Angeles, her government teacher said it was good to work for the government because of the benefits.
But after 35 years of county service, Lueking's monthly pension is just $922, which includes a subsidy aimed at helping with health care costs.See the full content of this document
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Subsidy Stinger
Come November, that subsidy expires, and she'll be down to $705 a month.
That's a loss of about 24 percent of her income."We're going to have to stop going to Staters twice a week and go once a week instead," Lueking said of herself and her husband, Ted, who live in Bloomington. "We'l...See the full content of this document
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