Reports on the shrinking of corporate contributions to retiree health benefits.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionGreeneKellyGreene, Kelly. (2002). “Health Benefits for Retirees Continue to Shrink, Study Says.” Wall Street Journal, September 16: A2....
Health benefits for retirees - surviving with OPEB. (postretirement benefits other than pensions)Dankner, HaroldBald, Barbara SAkresh, Murray S
Health benefits for retirees have been dwindling steadily since the early 1990s, when the Financial Accounting Standards Board ruled that employers had to account for future health-cost liabilities on an accrual basis rather than a pay-as-you-go cash basis. That caused dramatic, almost-overnight ...
Presents information on the result of an online survey on retiree health care costs conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Hewitt Associates between May and September 2004. Statistics on the retiree health benefits provided...
This article examines the increasingly troubled state of employer-provided health benefits for retirees. The availability of such benefits is a major determinanKaplan, Richard L.Powers, Nicholas J.Zucker, JordanSocial Science Electronic Publishing
Employers have also increased the use of utilization review for active workers, and cut back on health benefits for retirees. These changes are in stark contrast to the pre-1993 period, which saw even faster change, with rising ...
A large but undetermined number of early retirees also have coverage. These recipients have generally been the workers in very large firms. However, the future will not look like the past. Two thirds of current workers are promised health benefits upon retirement. The benefits provided under ...
Watson’s clients offer health insurance to their retirees, while others do not. Moreover, the retiree health benefits that are offered vary considerably in their generosity. Another advantage 3 of our dataset is that we can control for a number of firm-level characteristics that influence ...
Thus, for most retirees, saving for health insurance and out-of-pocket expenses in retirement should have always been a consideration in saving for retirement and in the timing of retirement. The E...How Many Medicare Beneficiaries Will Lose Employment-Based Retiree Health Be...
Ahealth reimbursement arrangement (HRA)is an employer-funded group benefit some employers offer their retired employees. While less common than other benefits, this plan reimburses up to a fixed amount each year. An HRA for retirees (also called a post-employment benefit) allows retired employees...