Beyond pension debts, Illinois owes $73.7 billion in public-employee retirement benefits | Illinois
(The Center Square) – Net liabilities in Illinois for so-called other post-employment benefits (OPEBs), which consist mainly of health care obligations to retired public employees, stood at about $73.7 billion in fiscal-year 2019, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation. With a population of 12,671,821, the state posted a per-capita OPEB liability of $5,814, …