To most people, the turnabout in pension coverage has come as something of a surprise.

Social security taxes to state and local employees was extended without other pension coverage.

Not surprisingly, the state has also interested itself in providing additional pension coverage.

Strategic reforms could go a long way to improving pension coverage in the private sector.

Any calculation of the exact government savings from better pension coverage is extremely speculative.

But for most, temporary work means lower wages, no health insurance or pension coverage and little if any economic security.

Over the same period, new hires with pension coverage fell from 43 percent to 38.

People who do not have pension coverage should aim for four to eight times their peak annual earnings before retirement, he said.

The Administration estimates the measure could extend pension coverage to 10 million workers.

Medical insurance and pension coverage are already plummeting in the United States.