How much do public employees pay toward their health insurance?
OK..so part of the paycheck goes to the employee and part to retirement, but at the end of the day..with a defined benefit plan the shortfall must be made up by the taxpayer with additional taxes. That is the perfect argument for a defined contribution plan. That is the only thing that protects the employee and the taxpayer from evil doing by the politicians who have underfunded the retirements funds.
The better question is:
Who is making the health insurance payments after they retire?
Why the tooth fairy of course.