Tag: health care
Government already provides either health insurance or tax incentives. As the health care debate proceeds, the thing that strikes me most is the complexity of our current system. Obamacare is clearly a compromise – suggested originally by the Heritage Foundation – that builds on our existing employer-based system and Medicaid. It can, and does, work…
Introduction It is impossible to discuss municipal finance without considering the cost of pensions and other post-retirement employee benefits (OPEB), the largest of which is retiree health insurance. These costs have received enormous press coverage, usually incorporating sweeping generalities about the burden of employee post-retirement benefits for the nation as a whole. Much is mad…
