At the time I left the BOE, the fastest growing segment of the budget was the cost of health insurance. I dunno if this is still the case - bet it is - but it is a MAJOR problem for virtually all employers, especially public ones. And degradation of health coverage shifts the costs back on to citizens, one way or another, either through increased out-of-pocket costs or through heavier usage of free/public health facilities, or - worst of all - refusal to seek health care when necessary.
Not an obvious culprit, but a powerful one. Ann Berget Kingfield _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
