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CSR Legislative Report - May 22, 2015

Posted May 26, 2015 by    categoryLegislation

The following PDF is a list of Bills that CSR is supporting, opposing, or watching.

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Governor unveils revised budget

Posted May 15, 2015 by    categoryCalPERS categoryGeneral News categoryLegislation categoryState Economy

On Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) released the revised version of his fiscal year 2015-2016 budget plan, which includes several health care proposals, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The revised $169 billion budget is more than $4 billion larger than the original proposal unveiled in January (Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 5/14). The revised plan would increase health and social services spending by about $1.7 billion (Richman, San Jose Mercury News, 5/14).

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CSR Legislative Report

Posted May 06, 2015 by    categoryLegislation

The following PDF is a list of Bills that CSR is supporting, opposing, or watching.

May 04, 2015 Legislative Report

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Senate overhauls doctors' Medicare payments

Posted Apr 15, 2015 by    categoryRetirees categoryHealth Care categoryLegislation categoryRetirement

Medicare is poised to overhaul the way it pays physicians and create new systems to reward high-performing doctors under legislation approved by the Senate late Tuesday.

The unusually bipartisan bill, which passed the House easily last month, will immediately lift the threat of an automatic 21% cut in Medicare fees to physicians, which was set to take effect Wednesday.

The legislation also marks a milestone in the push to modernize Medicare, the nation’s mammoth federal insurance program for the elderly, and move it away from the traditional system of paying physicians for every procedure they perform.

 

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CSR Legislative Report

Posted Mar 27, 2015 by    categoryLegislation

CSR Legislative Report for the 2015-16 Legislative Session

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CSR Legislative Report

Posted Feb 25, 2015 by    categoryLegislation

The following PDF is a list of Bills that CSR is supporting, opposing, or watching.

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CSR Legislative Report

Posted Feb 09, 2015 by    categoryLegislation

The following PDF is a list of Bills that CSR is supporting, opposing, or watching.

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Congressional leaders hammer out deal to allow pension plans to cut retiree benefits

Posted Dec 10, 2014 by    categoryRetirees categoryLegislation

The following article appeared on the Washington Post website regarding a plan that would allow pension plans to cut retiree benefits. The California State Retirees is closely monitoring this legislation, and assessing the impact. We will keep our members apprised as new information becomes available. The article is presented below for your information. California State Retirees

The Washington Post -- A measure that would for the first time allow the benefits of current retirees to be severely cut is set to be attached to a massive spending bill, part of an effort to save some of the nation’s most distressed pension plans.
 
The rule would alter 40 years of federal law and could affect millions of workers, many of them part of a shrinking corps of middle-income employees in businesses such as trucking, construction and supermarkets.

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Governor signs CSR-endorsed bills

Posted Oct 15, 2013 by    categoryCalPERS categoryRetirees categoryLegislation categoryState Employees

Governor signs CSR-endorsed bills

Gov. Brown signed five bills in October that are beneficial to senior citizens and supported by California State Retirees (CSR).

Of the 896 bills the Legislature sent the governor this year before adjourning in September, the governor signed 800 and vetoed 96, according to Ted Toppin, legislative advocate for CSR. The approved bills go into effect Jan. 1, 2014.

 

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CSR Legislative Report

Posted Sep 20, 2013 by    categoryLegislation categoryPolitics

The following PDF is a list of Bills that CSR is supporting, opposing, or watching.

 
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