Gov. Rick Snyder says he wants municipalities and labor unions to jointly study how best to tackle retiree health care costs after Republican lawmakers removed a contentious proposal to aggressively curb the benefits from the postelection agenda.
The governor told The Associated Press on Wednesday that unfunded liabilities remain as an "important issue," and he plans to create a broad task force to "put the facts on the table."
The group could be formed in early January and be given three or four months to work, with legislation to follow. Snyder had questioned quickly passing bills in the "lame-duck" session, but the problem is still a priority for him in 2017.
He says the recent legislative debate was "too general" and there are several dimensions to the issue.
