By Laura Bischoff, includes “…Unless changes are made, OPERS projects that its $11.3 billion health care fund will run out of money by 2030. The pension system is funded by employee and employer contributions and investment returns. OPERS used to earmark a chunk of employer contributions for retiree health care but stopped doing so in 2018. Instead, all the contributions are plowed into pension benefits, which take priority over health care coverage.”

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