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New Jersey’s health-care debt jumped so much it rivals pension obligations

JUNE 7, 2019 | by Danielle Moran | BLOOMBERG

“Wall Street’s biggest worry about New Jersey is the government’s $100 billion debt to its workers’ pension funds. But because of a shift in accounting rules, its unfunded obligation for retirees’ health care benefits has tripled -- and is now nearly as large.”

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