Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure Thursday ending free health care for state government retirees. Starting July 1, current and future Illinois state government retirees will begin having to pay premiums for their state retiree-health insurance under the legislation Quinn signed into law, a move he said was essential to maintaining the benefit for long-serving state workers.
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