Progress Illinois

AFSCME has voted to implement their new collective bargaining agreement with the state.

Following Illinois’ decision to no longer provide Medicare supplemental coverage for the largest state employee union, state officials say they are looking to address concerns that a replacement policy could potentially limit Medicare-eligible individuals’ access to doctors.

The majority of retired Chicago employees would see their 55 percent health care subsidy from the city phased out by 2017 under a new proposal by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.