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Health Care Squeezed As Sanders Tightens the Budget Belt

Mayor Jerry Sanders wants to shrink the number of health care plans available to city employees from 21 to six and bring them under the city’s control. The mayor's cost-saving measure has been accept

Mayor Jerry Sanders wants to shrink the number of health care plans available to city employees from 21 to six and bring them under the city’s control.  The mayor's cost-saving measure has been accepted by police officers as part of their new contract, but firefighters are fighting a pay freeze. We’ll find out what it means for contract negotiations and the city’s bottom line.

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  • Andrew Donohue , co-executive editor, voiceofsandiego.org.
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