Retirees&#39; health costs jump for third year
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Retirees for a third straight year are paying double-digit increases for healthcare coverage through their former employers, which are shifting a greater
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The cost of employer-paid health insurance jumped an average of 11.2 percent in 2004, the fourth straight year of double-digit increases, with both businesses and employees
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A day after President Bush touted his efforts to help the elderly cope with increased medical expenses, federal officials announced the largest premium increase in the Medicare program&#39;s
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Employers&#39; costs for providing health care in the Triangle and Charlotte and increased by 17.3 percent this year, putting the cities near the top of the list of major metro areas surveyed by Hewitt Associates.
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More than 47 million Americans will get a 2.7 percent increase in their Social Security checks starting in January, meaning an additional &#36;25 per month for the typical retiree. But almost half of that gain will be gobbled up by a record increase in Medicare premiums.
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WASHINGTON -- The elderly got a little break on the cost of medicine in the second quarter of the year.
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The cost of living adjustment intended to help more than 47 million Social Security recipients keep up with inflation is expected to be a tad larger in 2005 than it was this year, but the bad news is that much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise about 17.4 percent next year, the Bush administration said yesterday. The $11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program&#39;s 40-year history.
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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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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the largest increase in the program's 40-year history, the Bush administration said Friday.    Monthly payments for Part B of the government health care program - doctor visits and most other non-hospital expenses - will jump to $78.20 from $66.60...
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WASHINGTON, Aug 18  - BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a $3.3 billion increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs, reducing fourth-quarter ...
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Older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year -- the largest increase in Medicare's history -- for their government-run health insurance, U.S. officials announced on Friday.
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WASHINGTON Health experts are giving America&#39;s senior citizens something serious to chew on -- new numbers showing they need to eat better and exercise more.
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Older Americans will have to pay  about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health  insurance, U.S. officials announced on Friday.
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HMO premiums in New York City soared over the past year by as much as 35 percent, boosting subscribers&#39; health-care costs by hundreds â-nd sometimes thousands â -dollars, The Post has learned.
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The cost of health insurance provided by employers rose an average of 11.2 percent this year and is expected to rise again in 2005, adding to the economic anxiety of workers and businesses.
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As many of the nationâs largest employers struggle to control rising retiree health costs, they are asking their retirees to pay more and plan to do so again in 2005, according to new survey results.