HEALTH CARE: Judges have long fought for double dip
ART WANG; Tacoma
Double health insurance coverage for Superior Court judges is not a new issue (editorial, 11-3). Some 20 years ago, I sponsored state legislation to eliminate this double coverage. Although I got the bill through the House and the Senate, Pierce County Superior Court judges at the time (almost none of whom are still on the bench today) were able to persuade Gov. Booth Gardner to veto the bill.
It is an anomaly that Superior Court judges are considered both state and county employees and get benefits from both. No other judges (or other public employees, as far as I know) get this type of double coverage. (Wang is a former state representative for the 27th District.)
