Those older adults collecting Medicare are a plus to small businesses, since you don’t have to provide health insurance because they already get healthcare via the state.
Older employees on Medicare can accept or reject the group health plan if offered. The group health plan would have to be offered, though.
Older workers are more dependable than the youngsters that want all of the employer-funded goodies without working for them. Most workers under the age of 30 are not worth the time, trouble, and money it takes to train them. This from our former corporate trainer. Time is spent on training, only.to have them washout when these youngsters find out a job is work.
Clarification: IF medical insurance is offered to similarly situated employees of a younger age, it will have to be offered to older employees.