To supplement our report on retiree health care liabilities, the Foundation is in the process of col
Municipal employee health care plans in Massachusetts are far more costly and generous than other em
Massachusetts has achieved near universal health care coverage with only modest additional costs to
I am Eileen McAnneny, President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. The Foundation’s missio
On behalf of a broad group of organizations representing Massachusetts employers and health plans co
Massachusetts cities and towns have reached nearly $80 million in first-year savings from municipal
Controlling health care costs is a hugely complicated undertaking. In our collective frustration wit
Massachusetts cities and towns are on pace to exceed by far the initial estimate of $100 million in
Over the last eight months, the state’s OPEB Commission has done an enormous amount of good work i
