By Jack Pladziewicz For the Chippewa Valley Post The previous article in this series compared healthcare costs and benefits in Wisconsin’s public and private sectors. It summarized the efforts of the Wisconsin Employee Trust Fund’s (ETF) Group Insurance Board (GIB) to lower or constrain costs while improving the health outcomes for its members. The article […]
Commentary (Part III): Pending changes in public sector healthcare coverage could also impact private sector
By Jack Pladziewicz For the Chippewa Valley Post The first two parts of this series analyzed public and private employee retirement plans and their costs, and suggested that both sectors would benefit by allowing private employers and their employees to opt voluntarily into the state’s retirement system. This concluding segment focuses on public and private employee […]