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giant_toad42 t1_iy4sn5w wrote

Reply to comment by bomgd3 in Connecticut lawmakers begin special session on gas tax, hero pay, and more by jr_reddit

You know pensions are an anomaly these days. Be happy you have one at all.

Do you still get state provided non-Medicare healthcare after retirement too?

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bomgd3 t1_iy5dqks wrote

I didn't choose the pension option but I guess it's nice to have for people who don't want to monitor their own investments.

To get the healthcare benefit after retirement you have to pay 3% of your gross salary into the healthcare fund for 15 years. It's quite a chunk of change

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giant_toad42 t1_iy5gtom wrote

Wow. Totally worth it, IMO. As a cost - damn, that's actually cheap and extremely reasonable.

If you can afford it, take it.

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