When employers fund retiree health care.(Cover Story)

From: Public Management | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

One of the most challenging issues facing local government managers now and for the coming decade is retiree health care. A daunting challenge will exist whether the employer pays for benefits in whole, in part, or not at all.

The purpose of this article is to provide a framework for examining the retiree health care program to be offered by a governmental entity, compared with what is offered in other jurisdictions, and to point to the anticipated problems in covering the projected costs to the employer and to the employee/retiree.

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