http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/28/employers-can-drop-insurance-coverage-for-those-65/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/28/employers-can-drop-insurance-coverage-for-those-65/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Farmanux News Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:03:46 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/28/employers-can-drop-insurance-coverage-for-those-65/#comment-482 [...] Employers can drop insurance coverage for those 65+ According to the N.Y. Times (”…Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans“) in 2001it is estimated that one-third of large employers and fewer than one-tenth of small employers offered health benefits to retirees. These numbers may trend towards zero in the near future after an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruling. NPR’s Marketplace reports (”Employers let […] Fatal error: Call to undefined function add_submit_it() in /home/s0329a42/public_html/wpnews/wp-content/themes/adsminded/single.php on line 24 [...] [...] Employers can drop insurance coverage for those 65+ According to the N.Y. Times (”…Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans“) in 2001it is estimated that one-third of large employers and fewer than one-tenth of small employers offered health benefits to retirees. These numbers may trend towards zero in the near future after an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruling. NPR’s Marketplace reports (”Employers let […] Fatal error: Call to undefined function add_submit_it() in /home/s0329a42/public_html/wpnews/wp-content/themes/adsminded/single.php on line 24 [...]

]]> http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/28/employers-can-drop-insurance-coverage-for-those-65/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Bob Ingalls Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:37:08 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/28/employers-can-drop-insurance-coverage-for-those-65/#comment-481 Your statement in the second paragraph: "This will lead to more government provided health care. " is not correct. Under Medicare, government does not provide health care, it pays for it. These retirees will get their health care from the same people and institutions that provided it under private insurance. Your statement in the second paragraph:
“This will lead to more government provided health care. ”
is not correct. Under Medicare, government does not provide
health care, it pays for it. These retirees will get their health
care from the same people and institutions that provided
it under private insurance.

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