R.I. lawmakers to vote on ending free health insurance
20 05 08 - 15:26
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Rhode Island lawmakers making deep budget cuts that affect other people will soon consider one that hits their own wallets.
more stories like thisHouse lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would require members of the General Assembly to pay 10 percent of the cost of their state-funded health insurance. Right now, they get it for free.
Those health care plans cost the state $5,810 for an individual lawmaker and $16,233 for a family.
The proposal would also eliminate a $2,000 payment given to lawmakers who forgo the free health care.
The bill is mostly a symbolic step, considering the state faces a $434 million shortfall for the fiscal year starting in July.