The Coalition to Preserve the Defined Benefit System, a newly formed lobbying group of 57 companies, including R.

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The NFL has been steadfast on its plan to switch the referees from a defined benefit system to a 401 (k).

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The plan would transition Medicare from a defined-benefit system, in which the government is on the hook for whatever services seniors desire, to a defined-contribution system, in which the government pays out a dollar amount for health services, growing with inflation, incentivizing all participants in the system to prioritize health spending to those services that are most valuable.

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