Federal appeals court rules against City of Chicago retirees on health care

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A federal appeals court has given Mayor Rahm Emanuel the green light to save $27 million in 2015 by forging ahead with a three-year phase-out of the city’s 55-percent city subsidy for retiree health care.

In July, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that subsidized health care premiums for state employees are protected under the state Constitution and that the Illinois General Assembly was "precluded from diminishing or impairing” that benefit.

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