Governor Riley is halfway toward his goal of restructuring the health insurance programs for public employees.
The Alabama House approved the governor's five-bill package in an hour Wednesday. The bills now go to Senate committees, which will consider them Monday. Senate President Pro Tem Lowell Barron predicts the governor's bills will win Senate approval on Tuesday.
The bills would require smokers to pay more for their insurance. But otherwise there won't be any immediate effect on current state employees or retirees. Public employees who retire after September 30, 2005, would have to pay more for their insurance if they retire before working 25 years.
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