The Widening Gap Update analyzes data on states' funding of pensions and retiree health care as of fiscal year 2010. The report shows how states’ retirement systems—many of them already on shaky ground—were affected by the Great Recession.
- Date:
- June 18, 2012
- Contact:
- Brian Keegan | 202.540.6677
- Project:
- States' Fiscal Health
- Issues:
- Retiree Health Care, Retiree Health Care Costs, Pensions
- State:
- National
- Report:
- The Widening Gap
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