$9B Shortage in Health Trust for South Carolina Workers
The health trust shortfall is in addition to the gap in the pension system for state retirees
COLUMBIA — As a state panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley wrangled last week over whether to require public employees to pay for part of an expected multimillion-dollar increase in health insurance costs this fiscal year, nobody was paying attention to the $9-billion elephant in the room.
Well, maybe with the exception of S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom.
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