Ford, UAW launch two-year pilot to cut blue-collar medical costs

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Ford, UAW launch two-year pilot to cut blue-collar medical costs

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ford-uaw-launch-two-pilot-cut-blue-collar-171314604.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c2YmzM4Inqp8AZI9F5zwFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-24T171314Z_1_CBRE95N1BU500_RTROPTP_2_AUTOS-EUROPE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Ford logo is pictured on the rooftop of Austria's Ford head branch in Vienna" align="left" title="The Ford logo is pictured on the rooftop of Austria's Ford head branch in Vienna" border="0" /></a>By Deepa Seetharaman DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is launching a two-year pilot program with the United Auto Workers and a UAW-affiliated retiree healthcare trust aimed at lowering medical costs for the second-largest U.S. automaker's active and retired hourly workers. Between 1,200 and 1,500 unionized workers and retirees in southeastern Michigan with chronic but manageable diseases are expected to join the pilot program, the automaker, the union and the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust said on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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