“Limiting healthcare costs for the elderly is certain to become an ever greater concern, as baby boomers age into retirement.”
Cue the death panels.
Yeah, ours is getting slashed more every year.
Medicare covers seniors so why should companies ?
Other than Cat or Deere I was unaware that any retiree health coverage existed. Gonzo for most Americans, and has been so for at least a decade.
I clearly worked for the wrong employer(s) my working career.
I think that’s one of the reasons companies are so anxious to off-shore. They don’t have to worry about paying for off-shored employees healthcare.
That’s why there needs to be a way to decouple health insurance from employment, and get companies out of the business of managing their employees’ health insurance.
They would not be cutting them if Obamacare had not made the costs double or triple