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Retirement plans nationally and in Florida were already in trouble before the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though Florida has one of the healthier retirement systems in the country, this system is nearly $30 billion in debit and has approximately 85 percent of the funding it needs to pay for retirement benefits. This and a controversial bill to limit retirement options that did not make it through, gave Florida workers the jitters and an omen of what may be coming down the pike. In the report, "Retirement Insecurity 2021," conducted by Greenwald Research of 1200 working adults, two-thirds of Americans (67%) say...