As states face declining revenue, they are also grappling with the ongoing cost of public employee pensions and retiree health care benefits. Many states have recognized the challenges ahead and taken steps to address them.
View our interactive map or download the 2010 Roads to Reform brief to learn how states have worked to reform their pension systems.
- Date:
- April 25, 2011
- Contact:
- Brian Keegan | 202.540.6677
- Project:
- States' Fiscal Health
- Author:
- Pew Center on the States
- Issues:
- Pensions, Retiree Health Care, Retiree Health Care Costs, Pensions
- State:
- National
- Report:
- The Widening Gap
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