Retiree Health Care:
The Brick That Broke Municipalities’ Backs
FEBRUARY 2011
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Retiree Health Care:
The Brick That Broke Municipalities’ Backs
MASSACHUSETTS TAXPAYERS FOUNDATIONFEBRUARY 2011
We would like to recognizeMTF Policy Analyst Carolyn Ryan asthe principal author of this report.
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Mass. Taxpayers Foundation: The Brick That Broke Municipalities' Backs
A new study says the 50 largest cities in the Bay State owe $20 billion in existing and future retiree health care costs — and they have no plan to pay it down.
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