Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector: Is There a Funding Crisis? - Couverture rigide

Clark, Robert L.; Morrill, Melinda Sandler

 
9781848447585: Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector: Is There a Funding Crisis?
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1848447582 ISBN 13 : 9781848447585
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

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.



Extensively researched and well-suited for classroom and professional use alike, academics in the fields of economics and public policy will find this an unmatched resource. So too will policymakers, economists, legislators, public sector union leaders and those invested in public sector healthcare.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert L. Clark, Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, North Carolina State University, US and Melinda Sandler Morrill, Research Assistant Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University, US

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848447582
ISBN 13 
9781848447585
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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