No Stampede Out of Retiree Health Plans -Study
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Big US 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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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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Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients, a study says.
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Most employers that offered retiree health benefits this year will continue to do so in 2005. But the percentage of employers that are dropping retiree benefits for current retirees will rise to 11% in 2005
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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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Independent Health has added options and adjusted rates for 2005 in Encompass 65, a group of Medicare managed care plans. The health plan has introduced a no monthly premium plan that includes office visits
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Many elderly Americans are unconvinced  that President Bush's plan for private Social Security accounts  would protect their children and grandchildren, an informal  sampling on Thursday found.
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Even with Medicare, you'll end up paying nearly half of your health-care expenses, so if you don't have retiree coverage from your employer, you may want supplemental insurance. Make sure you have what you need.
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The board overseeing healthcare reform yesterday gave its approval to seven health insurance plans that will offer relatively inexpensive coverage to residents who don't have health insurance through their employers or other sources.
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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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The growth in health care spending by private employers slowed in recent years, creating some optimism that the employers had turned the corner in their struggle with rising costs. But any relief appears to have been short lived, according to a study to be released today.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Regular home visits by health workers reduce seniors' death risk, a Swedish study confirms.
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Limiting the fees that Medicare pays  to doctors has apparently not scared them off taking Medicare  patients, and most people trying to find medical care under the  program have been able to, according to a government report  released on Friday.
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Most U.S. employers are planning to  further scale back health benefits offered to retirees, as  companies struggle with the upward march in the cost of medical  care and weigh increased contributions from government&#039;s  Medicare program, a survey found.
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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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Retirees who receive health benefits from their former employers saw premiums shoot up an average of 25 percent this year, a new study says.
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More older people are risking sexually transmitted infections because they are not using condoms, research suggests.