NM taxpayers face $13 billion liability - and growing

The Retiree Health Care plan should be eliminated. Because health insurance is available to all New Mexicans either through private insurance or the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool if one is uninsurable, taxpayers should not have to pay for coverage after an employee retires prior to becoming Medi...

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Published inLas Cruces sun-news
Main Author Day, Bradley
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Las Cruces, N.M Gannett Co., Inc 12.03.2012
Subjects
Discount rates
Employee benefits
Health care policy
Liability
Retirees
State budgets
Taxpayers
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Summary:The Retiree Health Care plan should be eliminated. Because health insurance is available to all New Mexicans either through private insurance or the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool if one is uninsurable, taxpayers should not have to pay for coverage after an employee retires prior to becoming Medicare eligible.
ISSN:1081-2172