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Retiree health plans in the public sector : is there a funding crisis? / Robert L. Clark (North Carolina State University, USA) and Melinda Sandler Morrill (North Carolina State University, USA)
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass, USA : Edward Elgar, 2010Description: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 171 pages) : diagrams, mapsISBN:- 9781849808132
- 331.25540973 22
- JK794.H4
- While retiree health plans are a dying benefit in the private sector, all US states and many local governments extend health insurance coverage to their retired employees. This book is the first to thoroughly examine public sector health insurance plans. Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector provides a detailed description of the current plans offered and compares how they vary across states. Health insurance is an important component of compensation in the public sector as it helps governments attract and retain quality workers and encourages timely retirement for career employees. Rapidly rising medical costs, an aging labor force, and an increasing number of retirees have dramatically increased the cost of providing this benefit. A central theme of this analysis is a presentation of the actuarial accrued liabilities, the unfunded liabilities and the annual required contribution of the employers based on the actuarial statements for retiree health plans. The authors also investigate why some states face major funding problems while the costs of other states’ plans are much more manageable.
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