explainers
One topic at a time: what a document says, what it means for retirees, and where to read the original.
The 75% and the 25%: where each part of your pension comes from
The settlement guarantees one part. The Government funded the other separately — until it said it could not. A walk through the documents behind both.
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What Johnson v. Inos actually settled
The 2013 agreement in plain language: who is covered, what is guaranteed, and who must pay.
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How the Minimum Annual Payment works
Why the Government owes the Settlement Fund a set amount each year, and why that amount has fallen since 2018.
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Retiree health insurance after HB 24-75
What $2.8 million covers, what the $4.4 million gap means, and the alternatives the Fund listed.
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How to read an actuarial valuation
Funded ratio, assumed return, liabilities: the handful of numbers that matter, and where to find them.
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What the trustee reports to the court
The Settlement Fund Trustee’s reports, and why a federal judge still oversees the Fund.
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Camacho v. NMI Settlement Fund, explained
What the NMI Supreme Court was asked, what it decided, and who it affects.
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Appeals: if you disagree with a Fund decision
The appeal rules, forms and fees, step by step.