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He said further meetings are planned with the unions representing city employees.

Malcolm wrote:

He said further meetings are planned with the unions representing city employees.

I'm sure they'll be productive.

The order also includes many hand-written notes through them, including a final note on one order from the judge, which states that the order will “…be transmitted to President Obama.”

Professor Jost said that even with subsidies, insurance policies bought through an exchange could be more expensive for retirees than public sector health plans. Most exchange customers are expected to choose plans that cover 60 percent to 70 percent of medical costs for the average person, compared with public sector plans that have sometimes covered much more.

“These are people who stayed in the public sector all their lives because the benefits were more generous,” he said.

Some city plans, like those in Detroit, cover 80 percent to 100 percent of costs, officials said.

“The truth is, my health care is very good, with only $20 for prescriptions and $10 co-pays to see a doctor,” said Thomas Berry, 60, a Detroit Police Department retiree. “That was part of the promise that was made, and I don’t want to lose it.”

“The truth is, my health care is very good, with only $20 for prescriptions and $10 co-pays to see a doctor,” said Thomas Berry, 60, a Detroit Police Department retiree. “That was part of the promise that was made, and I don’t want to lose it.”

A Detroit-area doctor has been charged with bilking the government of tens of millions of dollars by deliberately misdiagnosing patients with cancer and illegally billing Medicare for the treatment.

In one case, according to the site, a patient fell and hit his head at Fata's clinic but was told he needed chemotherapy before he could be taken to a hospital, according to the FBI. The man later died from the head injury. His name was not disclosed.

Now it seems that all legal challenges to the bankruptcy must flow through the federal bankruptcy judge himself, Steven Rhodes.

But seriously...

The Detroit Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS) filed one such objection right before the deadline, spokesperson Bruce Babiarz told MSNBC. For this objection, they are using much the same legal reasoning accepted by the Ingham County Court: Because Article 9, Section 24 of the Michigan state constitution calls pension benefits “a contractual obligation … which shall not be diminished or impaired,” PFRS argues any bankruptcy is unconstitutional which does not adequately protected those benefits against cuts.

They bailed out the incompetent auto industry, why not the incompetent city that's their HQ?

“It’s not big enough to be called a bailout. What they are trying to do is enable key investments that are needed to help the city once it emerges from all of these immediate [financial] challenges,” he says.

Mark Skidmore, an economist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.