Stockton, California, Retirees Feel Shock of Benefit Rollback
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For Gary Jones, a retired Stockton, California, police officer, getting his brain scanned every four to six months is essential to monitor an inoperable tumor with a 12 percent survival rate.
On June 26, Jones, who takes nine pills a day to control facial seizures, urged the City Council to reject a proposal to end health-care payments for retirees under a budget the city will use to operate in bankruptcy. He failed.