"The standard employee premium share for a family plan is 23% in the public sector and 30% in the private, which works out to a difference of $1,100 annually.... [P]rivate workers face higher deductibles, co-pays and co-insurance costs.... Governments offer health benefits to more of their employees than private firms (75% vs. 59%).... Somewhere between 60-80% of large government employers offer [retiree healthcare], whereas fewer than 20% of large private employers do."  MORE >>