TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A contentious bill raising pension and health benefits costs for more than a half-million New Jersey government workers goes back to the state Senate one more time on Monday for a formality vote.
A provision in the main bill allowing health plans that restrict out-of-state care will be removed.
The provision was seen as a plum to South Jersey political boss George Norcross III, who oversees Cooper University Hospital in Camden, minutes away from Philadelphia. It caused an uproar among public-sector union leaders, who vehemently oppose the entire piece of benefits legislation, and threatened to upend Republican support.
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