The increase reflects the well - known rise in health insurance costs, but it also appears to include growing costs of retirement benefits, which have received much less attention. (educationnext.org)
In view of the increasing costs of retirement, the traditional notion that retirees will only need 70 percent of their working income could very well be a dangerously misguided assumption. (fb101.com)
Unfortunately for teachers, the rising costs of their retirement systems do not reflect improved benefits; they're primarily a function of debt. (educationnext.org)