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Take That With A Grain Of Salt.  

Seven Days Fair Game column this morning featured a piece on whether or not there could be a pension battle this year inside the State House.

Here’s an excerpt from the column:

[VSEA Executive Director Steve] Howard has evidence to support his fears. Scott is on the record advocating for a shift to defined contribution plans for newly hired employees. He hasn’t talked about it lately, but he promoted the idea after winning the governorship in 2016. "The most immediate and meaningful step to curb the state’s growing liability is to offer new State employees and teachers a defined contribution plan (similar to a 401k)," wrote the Scott transition team shortly after his election.

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One key benefit of VSEA membership is access to a supplemental dental plan that has been helping VSEA families bring down the costs of expensive dental procedures for nearly a decade now. The program is so popular that VSEA is now offering a second chance in 2018 (usually just once a year, in the spring) for members to enroll in the program, which is a unique benefit for state employees represented by VSEA.

VSEA sent an all-member email this week about the new enrollment period. If you don’t recall receiving the email, you can learn more about the plan here.

The supplemental program is offered as an enhancement to state employees’ State-administered dental insurance benefit.