EEOC Allows Health Benefits Shift at 65
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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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Doing some work after retirement can give you the best of both worlds.
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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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Changing benefits keep boomers working longer.
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With a new Medicare drug benefit set to begin in 2006, Americans 65 and older can expect to spend a large and growing share of their Social Security checks on
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NHS workers may have their normal retirement age lifted to 65 from 60, under proposals put forward by employers.
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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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Australians over the age of 65 were expected Sunday to benefit from the government&#39;s latest health initiative. Prime Minister John Howard announced Sunday in Sydney an increase
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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.
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When Robert Payne, 61, needed back surgery last year, he said he wasn't worried about how to pay for it. Payne, a self-employed architect in Richmond, pulled $5,500 -- the amount of his health insurance deductible for such procedures -- from a savings account he uses exclusively for medical expenses. His insurance covered the rest.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - It used to be that when you hit 71, you had to retire as a blood donor. No longer, Canadian Blood Services said Monday.
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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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Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit &#151; their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
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Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) are coming, as businesses shift costs to employees.
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The health insurer said it planned to reorganize into two divisions to meet the needs of the growing elderly population.
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Uninsured people 55 and older significantly reduce their risk of declining health after they enroll in Medicare at 65, a new study suggests.