Article: POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS LOSE INSURANCE PLAN HEALTH CARE FUND FOLDS AFTER 26 YEARS.(City Desk/Local)

Byline: Mike Patty

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

News staff writer Sarah Huntley contributed to this report.

The financially strapped fund that provides health insurance to about 1,900 active Denver police and firefighters, as well as retirees, will terminate at the end of the month.The seven-member board of trustees that governs the Denver Fire and Police Health Fund decided Friday to go out of business after 26 years. A letter notifying participants will be mailed out today.

Officials of police and fire unions could not predict the impact of the fund's termination. A search is under way for a replacement health insurance plan.

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