"Philadelphia's Quiet Crisis: The Rising Cost of Employee Benefits" - The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and The Pew Charitable Trusts commissioned this study to understand why pension and healthcare costs are expected to overwhelm Philadelphia’s budget in the near future, growing at rate higher than inflation to equal a quarter of spending by 2012. Based on independent and objective analysis of data from Philadelphia and 10 other cities to place Philadelphia’s experience in context, plus interviews with "Philadelphia's Quiet Crisis: The Rising Cost of Employee Benefits" - The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and The Pew Charitable Trusts commissioned this study to understand why pension and healthcare costs are expected to overwhelm Philadelphia’s budget in the near future, growing at rate higher than inflation to equal a quarter of spending by 2012.
