Study Sizes Up States' Substantial Retiree Benefit Costs
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About 90 percent of state workers get pensions, and the bill is coming due.
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Numerous media reports have indicated big increases for Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance premiums and for the number of Americans lacking health insurance.
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ATLANTA --Telecommunications firm BellSouth Corp. said Wednesday that the new terms of its tentative labor agreement will change how the company&#39;s contribution to retiree medical benefits is calculated and will boost benefit expenses by $3.3 billion.
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Health insurance premiums for federal employees and retirees will increase by an average of 2.1 percent next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced this afternoon.
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The US government has announced a record increase in Medicare premiums for 2005, and all depending which side you&#39;re on in the Presidential race, it&#39;s either an enhanced package for senior citizens, or the elderly population is being socked with the
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Ministers are to publish a bill outlining changes to the state pension system, including raising the pension age.
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A new study urges states to thrive by cutting taxes.
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WASHINGTON -- Indiana workers and those in 34 other states saw health insurance premiums rise nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, a study based on federal data shows.
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For senior citizens enrolled in Medicare, nearly half the increase will be consumed by rising health insurance premiums, making this "good and bad news," said chief executive of the largest advocacy group for retirees.
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About half of cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security benefit to go to Medicare premium hike. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Social Security beneficiaries will likely get about $24 a month more next year under
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Most seniors will have to pay 5.6 percent more for basic Medicare coverage next year, officials announced yesterday. But premiums for more affluent beneficiaries will increase by as much as 83 percent, because the federal government for the first time will require wealthier people to pay more.
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Big U.S. businesses will in general maintain retiree health benefits next year despite fears they would be cut to compensate for benefits to the elderly in the new Medicare law, a survey found.
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It will be the first time that high-income beneficiaries will have higher premiums for Medicare coverage.
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but the risks may outweigh the benefits for older women, research has found. According to one of the largest studies
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A leading pensions research group says the basic state pension could rise to Â£105 a week without any extra cost.
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Retirees with company-sponsored medical benefits face higher costs, more restrictions and different plan options as their former employers move to curb their spending on such perks, a new study said.