OPEB Reform

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• • Health Benefits for Public Retirees (38)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • November 20th, 2014
  At a recent town financial forum in Belmont, a number of residents questioned whether we should continue to promise subsidized health plans for retirees from state and local government jobs. In this post I’d like to sketch a possible response to the problem and get some feedback.
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• • Retiree Health Care Benefits (1)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • November 6th, 2013
  One of the critical issues before the Public Service Committee this year is retiree health care benefits. We recently held a hearing on the issue which Anne Landry has summarized — see below. I will be working closely with my colleagues to study the issue over the weeks to come. I welcome your thoughts and […]
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• • Health Care Benefit Cost Control — Recommendations Released (0)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • January 17th, 2013
  The final report of the OPEB commission came out last week. The report maps out $10 to $20 billion in savings.
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• • Resources on retiree health benefits (0)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • February 15th, 2011
  Key resources on this issues include: Mass Taxpayers Foundations report on municipal liabilities. Pioneer Institute White Paper: The Elephant in the Room:  Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB 45.  Actuarial Valuation Reports for the Commonwealth.  Federal Reserve Bank overview brief..
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