Employee health care costs rose 6.9 percent nationwide last year, the highest one - year leap in seven years, according to the consulting firm Mercer. (inc.com)
De Blasio later argued that he came up with a «systemic way of reducing employee health care costs» by requiring unions come up with savings from their medical plans, as well as adding $ 1.86 billion to the health care reserve for retirees. (politico.com)
Perhaos YOU should figure out how things are funded before referencing the CAFR — a report I've read myself — which incidentally doesn't delineate retiree health care costs for current employee health care costs. (nystateofpolitics.com)