Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) Spring 2015, Question 28e

Generosity of retiree health care benefits offered to former elected officials

Full Question Text

Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for former elected officials to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retiree health care benefits)

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for former elected officials to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retiree health care benefits) Too Generous 34% 15% 5% 4% 11%
About Right 50% 38% 33% 21% 35%
Not Generous Enough 8% 4% 4% 0% 4%
Not Applicable 8% 40% 57% 75% 48%
Don't Know 0% 4% 2% 0% 2%