1 Step to Get a Pension Board Member Rejected.

County commissioners rejected, 13 to 2, an appointment to the Wayne County Employees’ Retirement System board because:

Pension retirees filed a federal lawsuit over changes to health care and tp the pension

What led to the pension changes and the rejection of an appointee:

• In 2015 some retirees were transfered from employer-paid group health care to a system in which they get a monthly stipend toward buying coverage on the federal Health Insurance Marketplace.
• health care for active county workers was cut
• health care for future retirees was eliminated
• the pension system was restructured
• these changes cut 64%  from the $1.3 billion in unfunded liabilities to $470 million in unfunded liabilities.

Detroit News | Wayne County panel rejects pension board appointment