Gov Hick sees full career PERA retirees getting twice the retirement benefit as full career folks working in the private sector.  So, his solution is to ratchet down whats left of PERA retirees' post retirement benefits in an effort to level the playing field.  For now it's the COLA until eliminated, then a future governor and legislature will eliminate the Health Care Trust Fund that helps subsidize retirees' insurance premiums and which helps with the Medicare Part B "donut hole" on prescription costs.  Hopefully, the PERA trust fund stabilizes before still another governor and legislature tries to ratchet down the core earned base pension benefit.  Of course, there will be a court battle if they try to take part of the earned base benefit, but it may take years to resolve and nothing is certain with the Colorado Supreme Court.