Executive Summary North Carolina’s Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS) is widely recognized as being among the nation’s healthiest pension plan systems, currently almost 90 percent funded at a…
When it comes to public policy, extreme, ideologically-driven posturing has become the norm in many parts of the country. Here in North Carolina, however, people tend to take a more…
North Carolina had the sixth-best funded pension for state employees and teachers in the country in 2017, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. Past and present state leaders deserve credit…
One reason teachers and state employees may not have seen the raises they wanted in recent years is that the government’s cost for pensions and retiree health benefits has climbed…
Markets are not painless panaceas to prickly problems. We can marvel at the marvels of markets in the old movie Trading Places when the Duke brothers’ plans are foiled and…
Note: As this article is being written the outcome of the vote on the American Health Care Act is uncertain. Whether the bill passes the House today or not the…
Obamacare’s 4th round of Exchange enrollment isn’t too far off. The process comes with plenty of recurring themes. Here’s two for starters: #1: Double-Digit premium increases In a media briefing…
In a media briefing this morning, Brian Tajlili, director of actuarial pricing services with BCBS NC, announced that the state’s largest health insurer is asking the Department of Insurance (DOI)…
According to the subheadline of Kevin Williamson‘s latest column for National Review Online, “It doesn’t work because it couldn’t work.” The “it” is the Affordable Care Act. Regardless of whether…
The prospect of criminal justice reform has several intriguing aspects in North Carolina, from the use of juvenile courts for cases involving 16- and 17-year-old misdemeanor defendants to efforts to…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s explains in his latest column how congressional sleight-of-hand has led to greater risk for those expecting future pension benefits. [A] “reform” bill signed into law in…
View in your browser. Most of us have jobs, and with those jobs come certain benefits, most noticeably healthcare and retirement benefits. The same is true for state employees. Public…