BREAKING: GM Health-Care Pain Spreads

It was bound to happen. General Motors(GM Quote) will be announcing to the salaried employees that they too will share the pain of changes to the health care provided by the company, starting January 1.

The announcement, confirmed by GM spokesperson Deborah Silverman, is due today -- just weeks after the company stunned the salaried retirees with the cancellation of health-care benefits for people 65 and over.

This can't be entirely unexpected for the 36,400 remaining salaried employees, who are also awaiting further details of the cuts to their numbers announced at the infamous July 15 press conference.

Employees will receive the news by email sometime later today. Silverman would not comment on the contents, as she said it's an internal, confidential email for employees only. ...