Professional paper for the fulfillment of the Masters of Public Policy degree.Employee health care finance is a complex and often misunderstood area of local budgets. Due to a lack of regulation around city budgets in Minnesota, a significant amount of transparency and accountability is lost to taxpayers and legislators when the compensation of city employees is reported as part of overall compensation or human services. This study set out to determine what city employee benefit spending looked like in 2008, and in identifying trends, resulted in an analysis of revenue sources related to employee health care benefit spending. Therefore, this study focuses on the main task of quantifying city health benefit spending and ways to increase e...
Health Care Coverage Requirements. Referendum. A “Yes” vote approves, and a “No” vote rejects legisl...
In recent years, a number of cities and counties have been modifying their employee benefit programs...
This research compares community benefits and tax exemptions for hospitals in Minnesota. Primary spe...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Health c...
Employer-based health insurance is declining at records rates, which leaves an increasing number of ...
The growing cost of health care and health insurance have become major public policy issues, since t...
Introduction: Resources for public health (PH) are scarce and policymakers face tough decisions in d...
In recent years, state and local public health department budgets have been cut, sometimes drastical...
Research Objective: The general objective of this study is to examine the manner in which current ec...
budgets, is driving change in the public health system. This time of transformation presents both ne...
In this report, governmental economy of West Minnesota is detailed and its primary functions analyz...
Little attention has been paid by health planners or researchers to questions of local public financ...
[Excerpt] This issue of Beyond the Numbers looks at changes in health care plan participant provisio...
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits...
This study sought to quantify the impact of the economic recession on the budgets, workforce, and pr...
Health Care Coverage Requirements. Referendum. A “Yes” vote approves, and a “No” vote rejects legisl...
In recent years, a number of cities and counties have been modifying their employee benefit programs...
This research compares community benefits and tax exemptions for hospitals in Minnesota. Primary spe...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Health c...
Employer-based health insurance is declining at records rates, which leaves an increasing number of ...
The growing cost of health care and health insurance have become major public policy issues, since t...
Introduction: Resources for public health (PH) are scarce and policymakers face tough decisions in d...
In recent years, state and local public health department budgets have been cut, sometimes drastical...
Research Objective: The general objective of this study is to examine the manner in which current ec...
budgets, is driving change in the public health system. This time of transformation presents both ne...
In this report, governmental economy of West Minnesota is detailed and its primary functions analyz...
Little attention has been paid by health planners or researchers to questions of local public financ...
[Excerpt] This issue of Beyond the Numbers looks at changes in health care plan participant provisio...
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits...
This study sought to quantify the impact of the economic recession on the budgets, workforce, and pr...
Health Care Coverage Requirements. Referendum. A “Yes” vote approves, and a “No” vote rejects legisl...
In recent years, a number of cities and counties have been modifying their employee benefit programs...
This research compares community benefits and tax exemptions for hospitals in Minnesota. Primary spe...