No Stampede Out of Retiree Health Plans -Study
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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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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 30--Shareholders of managed care giant UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal championed by California's two massive public pension funds to make it easier to nominate company directors.
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Americans who previously had no health insurance rack up some expensive medical bills once they are old enough to be covered by Medicare, researchers said on Wednesday.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Don&#39;t panic; there&#39;s no need for seniors to wait in long lines for flu shots. That&#39;s the message from US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
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You wouldn't ask your banker to  choose stocks for you, or your dentist to check out your bum  knee, even though their fields are related. So don't expect  your life insurance agent to answer all of your questions about  long-term care insurance.
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Politicians are starting to weigh changes to the federal retirement program. Reforms carry risk and can&#39;t be separated from nation&#39;s overall fiscal health.
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Health-care initiatives aimed at federal retirees and employees are under consideration in Congress and in the Bush administration.
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For today&#39;s workers hoping for medical benefits when they retire, the future is looking increasingly grim. Eight percent of employers interviewed said they had eliminated subsidized health benefits for future
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Death rates among elderly U.S. patients  have shown little change since the long hours worked by doctors  in training were cut in 2003 under a major effort to reduce  hospital errors, a study said on Tuesday.
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Older people are able to  take bad news more in their stride than their children or  grandchildren which can make them more risky gamblers as losses  don't scare them, according to a U.S. study.
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The less medicine they take, the less likely the elderly were to enroll in a new Medicare drug plan, a signal that many senior citizens still don't view the program as insurance in case their health deteriorates.
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Older people described as &quot;recreational gamblers&quot; seem to be healthier than seniors who don&#39;t gamble, a new Yale University study found.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Despite absorbing three straight years of double-digit increases in retiree health-care costs, more than half of employers that offer retiree health and drug coverage plan to keep it when the Medicare prescription drug benefit
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WASHINGTON -- Employers can reduce their health insurance expenses for retired workers once they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has affirmed.
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Don't let your retirement portfolio get old and droopy.
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Texas officials argue that a new rule to disclose the size of their health care obligation to retirees does not apply to their state.
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With fewer employers providing retiree health insurance than in the past, you may have to shop for insurance to cover your health-care costs between retirement and qualifying for Medicare. Here are some tips from Cheryl Matheis, director of health strategy for AARP: