Share Your Story: Rohan
Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMWMGRdsPlM”]
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Don’t Believe the Echo Chamber: Closing Pension Plans is a Bad Idea 
Don’t Believe the Echo Chamber: Closing Pension Plans is a Bad Idea
This month, we wrote about The Truth About Cost Sharing and Pew Charitable Trusts using pension plans in Tennessee, South Dakota, and Wisconsin as examples of cost-sharing policy. We went on to debunk the assertion that cost-sharing policies are the…
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Share Your Story: Kay 
Share Your Story: Kay
Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/wiNRhvSY4iU”]
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This Week in Pensions: September 13, 2019 This Week in Pensions: September 13, 2019
Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! We have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous week. This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure retirement.…
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CAFR show pensions still better than 401(k)s CAFR show pensions still better than 401(k)s
In a piece that was published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Emma Donahue, Secure PERA’s program manager makes the argument that a pension provides a more secure retirement than a 401(k) and PERA’s most recent CAFR report proves it.…
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Share Your Story: Eve Share Your Story: Eve
Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85pTGUrOGtM&list=PLqa1XH6sllcggbYiw5XTP1n1gtOOXcVl5&index=5″]
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This Week in Pensions: September 6, 2019 This Week in Pensions: September 6, 2019
Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! We have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous two weeks. This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure…
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The truth about cost-sharing The truth about cost-sharing
This year and last year, many have used the term cost-sharing when referring to certain types of pension policy. In particular, Pew Charitable Trusts has been advocating for cost-sharing in pension plans across the nation using pension plans in Tennessee,…
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Share Your Story: Jim Share Your Story: Jim
Throughout the summer, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/mGvzqj9BS7A”]
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States should examine re-opening pension plans States should examine re-opening pension plansÂ
This week’s blog post was written by NPPC’s Executive Director, Bridget Early Earlier this month we wrote about the National Institute on Retirement Security’s new set of case studies on Kentucky, Alaska, and Michigan. The studies concluded that unfunded liabilities…
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This Week in Pensions: August 23, 2019 This Week in Pensions: August 23, 2019
Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! As we do most weeks, we have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous week. This is the news you need to know in the…
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Student Loan Debt Reduces Retirement Security 
Student Loan Debt Reduces Retirement Security
As college students head back to class in the next couple of weeks, here’s a reminder that student loan debt is harming the ability for young people to save for their retirement. The amount of student loan debt has increased…
