defined-contribution

Some private employers offer so-called defined-contribution plans, including 401k plans, in which benefits depend on employees' contributions and how they're invested.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

So-called defined-contribution plans will gradually take over the market, shifting the residual risk of incurring high health-care costs from employers to workers.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

The Republican alternatives including those put forth by House and Senate Republicans and then-presidential candidate John McCain contain common features: Convert Medicare into a defined-contribution plan, block grant Medicaid, allow interstate sales of insurance, provide tax credits for purchase of individual insurance plans, enact real tort reform and expand health savings accounts.

The alternative to ObamaCare 2011

Already, the prospect "is putting downward pressure on fees," said Lori Lucas , leader of consulting firm Callan Associates Inc.'s defined-contribution practice.

401(k) Plans Step Into the Sunshine Kelly Greene 2012

Those, of course, largely have been replaced with 401k and other "defined-contribution" plans, in which workers shoulder all of the risk involved in making their savings last.

Annuitizing Your 401(k) Kelly Greene 2012

They receive both a definedbenefit and defined-contribution pension plan, can retire with full benefits at 56, and receive significantly more paid leave than their private-sector counterparts.

Federal pay and benefits back in the spotlight 2011

If government workers were moved to defined-contribution pensions, it would be much easier to ensure fair market compensation in government.

Why Public Pensions Are So Rich Andrew G. Biggs 2012

Also, Mr. Geithner told Congress that until the limit is increased, Treasury will be unable to invest fully in the Government Securities Investment Fund, or G Fund, a money-market defined-contribution retirement fund for federal employees.

U.S. Acts to Stay Below Debt Limit Jeffrey Sparshott 2012

Switching to a defined-contribution structure would greatly reduce the risk of a meltdown

Lifespan Calculations, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But that whole thing of block granting many government programs and turning Social Security and Medicare into defined-contribution plans is the only way to fix the problem long term.

Grover Norquist: ‘The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit’ 2011