A major surprise will impact 105 retired Lansing firefighters starting next month as they face significant increases in their healthcare costs.
- Retired Lansing firefighters will see healthcare costs rise by hundreds of dollars monthly beginning July 1.
- City officials say they’ve been incorrectly covering costs that retirees should have been paying since 2013.
Some retirees expressed concerns at a city council meeting about the financial impact on their fixed incomes.
The change comes after city officials discovered they had been covering healthcare costs that should have been paid by the retirees themselves.
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Lansing firefighter retirees face unexpected healthcare cost increase
“These retirees were living their best life in peace and all of a sudden out of the blue, we’re told that their health care costs will rise significantly,” said Brad Jorae, President of Lansing Firefighter Local 421…