CORRECTION: The 10 percent in the story was a reference to the general increase in health-care costs, not what retirees have to pay

I have seen some of the emails sent and noticed that one of the writers referred to an AP story that was taken from the Dispatch story Wednesday. The AP story stated that Laura Ecklar said the increase to retirees was 10 percent. She never said that. The 10 percent in the story was a reference to the general increase in health-care costs, also know as health-care inflation, not to the increased amount that retirees have to pay. If the AP wrote the latter, it was wrong. You may want to pass that along to the person who wrote the letter complaining about Ms. Ecklar's calculations.

From a writer who wishes to remain anonymous
10/20/05