Public employees' health benefits survive major threats, so far

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hurley, Robert E ^d   Felland, Laurie ^c   Gerland, Anneliese ^c   Pickreign, Jeremy ^c   Hurley, Bob ^a,b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^c HSC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTING; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744746948     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w195     Document Type: Article

References (11)

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2. J. Maxwell, P. Temin, and T. Petigara, "Private Health Purchasing Practices in the Public Sector: A Comparison of State Employers and the Fortune 500," Health Affairs 23, no. 2 (2004): 182-190.
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9. More recent information (M. Freudenheim and M.W. Walsh, "The Next Retirement Time Bomb," New York Times, 11 December 2005) provides some estimates of the size of the retiree liabilities that state and local governments are facing. For example: "Michigan says it has made unfunded promises that are now valued at $17 billion for teachers, part of a possible $30 billion total for all public agency retirees."
10. T.A. Coughlin and S. Zuckerman, "Three Years of State Fiscal Struggles: How Did Medicaid and SCHIP Fare?" Health Affairs 24 (2005): w385-w398 (published online 16 August 2005;10.1377/hlthaff.w5.385).
11. Freudenheim and Walsh, "The Next Retirement Time Bomb."