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Publication Date: March 2008
Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Elizabeth C. McNichol
Research Area: Business; Government
Keywords: Economic projections; State budgets; Health care costs; Retirement
Type: Report
Abstract:
New rules issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) that change the way states account for the future cost of health and other non-pension benefits for retirees will force states to make some hard choices.