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The perverse economics of health care.
When financially “healthy” means not drowning. From about 1999 to 2003 the Segal (actuary) consultant on the 802 health fund was a woman...
Health fund changes part 2. How can it be safely restructured?
Last post, I talked about how the health fund works now and the breakage it relies on to stay healthy. If the trustees wanted to remake...
Health fund changes? How does it work now?
Changes at our health fund? How does it work now? So, the rumors are flying that there may be changes coming down the pike at the MHF....
Disability Pensions at the AFM-EPF
Recently we saw some inflammatory headlines: “Trustees Target the Most Vulnerable Musicians” and “Trump Administration is Kinder to...
The Pension Rights Center and Multiemployer Pensions
Two advocacy groups have recently caught the attention of AFM-EPF participants though both groups are over 40 years old. They are the...
How Did Those Trustees Get There?
A closer look at who serves on multi-employer funds reveals nonsalaried trustees, who are from the the industries that actually...
Theatrical Lawyers in Federal Court
There’s been some gleeful, though incomplete reporting of court proceedings as the lawsuit against the AFM-EPF makes its way through the...
A Closer Look at that Congressional Testimony
A claim has been made that “congressional testimony validates” the plan of across-the-board employer contribution increases of 6% to the...
What Was that Solution Again?
More selective reporting In April, 2018, a plan to save the AFM-EPF was floated by an outside actuary based on experience he had with the...
What About Those Admin Expenses?
Much has been written about the “high” administrative expenses of the AFM-EPF. The fund has been unfavorably compared to other...
Comparison of AFM-EPF to the Canadian Musicians Fund
The pension system in Canada is quite different from the US. The Canadian Fund is not subject to an ERISA-type law that prohibits earned...
A Closer Look at AFM-EPF Performance
There has been an attack narrative going on for some time now that the AFM-EPF performs “dead last” over the last 10 years compared to...
A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR PENSION AND AFTRA’S PENSION
There has been a lot of chatter that the AFM-Employers Pension Fund (EPF) performs “far worse” than its “peers.” The American Federation...
WHY THE NCCMP HELPED CRAFT MPRA
There has been a lot of half-reported information and innuendo about the AFM pension fund for the last year and a half. We examine a...