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 I): Could Wisconsin lower pension and health insurance costs for both public and private sector employees?
By Jack Pladziewicz For the Chippewa Valley Post Employment compensation – both public and private – consists of three elements: wages, benefits (primarily health insurance and pension) and job security. Historically, public employment has offered higher job security, better benefits and lower wages than comparable private sector employment. While Wisconsin’s Act 10 fundamentally changed this […]