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Stow Votes To Pay One-Half Survivors' Health Insurance |
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SEPTEMBER 2002
- Since the 1980s, there have been several attempts by Town of Stow
retirees and employees to have the town pay 50% of the insurance
premium for survivors, instead of nothing. Just last year, a petition
calling for this, spearheaded by Association member and former
Treasurer-Collector Eila Makey, was presented to the Stow selectmen but
failed to make the town warrant because of time restraints.
This
year was different, proving that the earlier struggles were not in
vain. According to Makey, with the help of current Treasurer-Collector
Carol Vogel and Town Administrator William Wrigley, the voters, at this
year's town meeting, agreed unanimously to pay 50% of the health
insurance for survivors.
Currently
three surviving spouses carry health insurance through the town. "Many
surviving spouses could not afford to remain in the town health plans
because they had to pay 100% of the premium. This vote will make a
tremendous difference to those (and all eligible) surviving spouses in
the amount they pay for their health insurance," comments Makey.
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