eter Burchard is a healthcare and business consultant with Executive Partners, a firm serving the global business and government sectors. His past experience includes serving ten years as the City Manager of Naperville, IL; Chief Operating Officer at inVentiv Medical Management; as well as a board member/moderator for a Chicago area hospital. Peter can be reached at pburchard@executivepartners.com
The severity of the healthcare cost and wellness crisis faced by state and local governments is beyond the pale. Governments and unions can do certain things to protect their coverage and efforts are being made to solve this pension crisis.