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The pre-1982 pension and retiree health plans have met funding goals based on certain assumptions in future benefit increases and market investment performance.\u00a0 Great variations in actual benefit changes or market performance from these assumptions could mean future annual conferences may need to revisit these funding plans.\u00a0 As long as we offer benefits, we cannot say with absolute certainty that no one will ever have to ask for funding for these again in the future.\u00a0 It is the goal of the funding plans that they be self-sustaining and that they provide meaningful and sustainable benefits for future claimants, but no one can ever say \u201cnever\u201d with absolute certainty as long as benefits are offered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":""},"nccumc_faq_type":[55],"nccumc_faq_tag":[39,94,189,190,195,196,192],"class_list":["post-23852","nccumc_faq","type-nccumc_faq","status-publish","hentry","nccumc_faq_type-apportionments","nccumc_faq_tag-apportionments-2","nccumc_faq_tag-benefits","nccumc_faq_tag-budget","nccumc_faq_tag-funding","nccumc_faq_tag-pension-plan","nccumc_faq_tag-pre-1982","nccumc_faq_tag-retiree-health"],"yoast_head":"\nWill we ever have to add benefit funding back to the Conference budget? 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