Tuesday, February 07, 2006
School Teachers Face Health Care Squeeze; Boomer Teachers Can't Afford To Retire
No one would begrudge Rita Fletcher a comfy retirement.
Though only 52, she has taught chemistry for 31 years in Salisbury, Md. She could have retired without regret last year after 30 years in the classroom.
But when Fletcher saw what it would cost her and her self-employed husband for health insurance -- nearly half of her $1,780 monthly pension -- she signed on for another year. "People say, 'Oh, you could retire,' and I say, 'Only if I didn't need food, shelter or health care'"
School Teachers Face Health Care Squeeze; Boomer Teachers Can't Afford To Retire
Source: USA Today
Though only 52, she has taught chemistry for 31 years in Salisbury, Md. She could have retired without regret last year after 30 years in the classroom.
But when Fletcher saw what it would cost her and her self-employed husband for health insurance -- nearly half of her $1,780 monthly pension -- she signed on for another year. "People say, 'Oh, you could retire,' and I say, 'Only if I didn't need food, shelter or health care'"
School Teachers Face Health Care Squeeze; Boomer Teachers Can't Afford To Retire
Source: USA Today
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