Retiree health care may overwhelm gov'ts
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The bill is coming due for years of generous benefits bestowed upon the nation's public employees, and it's a stunner: hundreds of billions of dollars over the next three decades, threatening some local governments with bankruptcy and all but guaranteeing cuts in services like education and public safety.
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Senators are concerned that some insurance companies are using scare tactics and impressive-sounding credentials to sell complicated products to the elderly.
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Thanks to an infusion of millions of federal dollars to ailing Medicare managed-care plans, seniors across the country next week can choose from an enticing array of benefits for 2005.
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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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Retirees shouldered a much larger share of their health-care costs in 2004 and should expect to pay even more next year, says a new report that casts an even dimmer outlook for people who are still in the workforce.
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HE new, sharply higher charges announced for Medicare beneficiaries last week may prompt more elderly people to join Medicare health maintenance organizations operated by private industry
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The telecom company cuts medical benefits for its retirees.
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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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Changes to Medicare have many seniors in a tailspin. Prescription drug cards, managed care, Medigap, Part B -- they can&#39;t sort it out on their own, and the constant barrage of targeted advertisements and slick-sounding come-ons don&#39;t help.
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Older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health insurance, US officials announced on Friday.
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Some of the nationâs biggest companies will announce a new program meant to make health insurance available to their former employees ages 55 to 64.
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Younger Americans who are overweight  today are threatening to hit the U.S. government's Medicare  system with big health care bills when they reach old age,  according to a report published on Tuesday.
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Democrats have made it clear: They don't support recommendations from President Bush that would shave an estimated $77 billion from government health programs for seniors and the poor. But Bush doesn't need lawmakers' support for some of the changes that he wants to make to Medicare and Medicaid. He could get about $23 billion in savings over the next five years by issuing new federal regulations.
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NEW YORK  - The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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Doctors' leaders warn the NHS faces a retirement timebomb as new arrangements allow doctors to retire early on full pensions.
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The U.S. Medicare program will charge   lower than expected premiums next year in the U.S. health   insurance plan for the elderly, but wealthier recipients for   the first time will pay more for doctor visits and other care   outside the hospital.
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Most people have no plans to put money aside to pay for the extra care they will need in old age, a survey suggests.