Across the country, many states are facing large pension and
retiree health care liabilities.
Connecticut has one of the highest ratios of debt to personal income and the fifth highest ratio of state
retiree health care liabilities to income, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report released Tuesday.
Not exact matches
One board member, Lawrence Golub, said the city has no long - term plan to address its massive
liability for
health care costs for
retirees.
Mr. Klein worked closely with the City Actuary and the City Comptroller's Office to implement new accounting standard requiring the estimation of the City's long term
liability for
retiree health care costs (OPEB).
LA Unified projects that the unfunded
liability for
retiree health care benefits is $ 13.6 billion, and district staff has warned year after year that the district must start paying down that debt, but to no avail.
That the city might still end up in bankruptcy after three months of negotiations is not surprising when you consider its extreme fiscal plight, including some $ 400 million in unfunded
liabilities for
retiree health care.
That debt is made up of two chunks: $ 254 billion in pension
liabilities and $ 147 billion in
retiree health care.
GM has only made a dent in the total
liabilities that it faces in pension and
health care (active and
retiree).