[afraidfortherepublic]

Well, she will have to rely on Medicare plus an add on policy and come up with some co-pays like everybody else. What did she think was going to happen? Companies have been discontinuin private healthcare insurance for retirees for the last 30 years. This should be no surprise.

Only the teachers seem to be still on 100% reimbursement.

[whattajoke]

Thank you for your response. I feel the need to repost it, since it seems lost on many:

Well, she will have to rely on Medicare plus an add on policy and come up with some co-pays like everybody else. What did she think was going to happen? Companies have been discontinuing private healthcare insurance for retirees for the last 30 years. This should be no surprise.

Unles your an executive or in the public sector, if you have private subsidized retiree health insurance, you are incredibly rare and incredibly lucky. Moen is being silly when they say "covering birth control" was the straw that broke the camel's back.

[hinckley buzzard]

Company provided healthcare insurance for Medicare recipients is, functionally, add on insurance. This woman will have to replace it with AARP or some such plan. The difference is it will be Out of pocket expense instead of paid up. If she declined Medicare B when she started Medicare, she will have a large hole to fill.

[Smokin' Joe]

Only the teachers seem to be still on 100% reimbursement.

No kidding. I remember when the teachers here howled at having their annual BCBS deductibles doubled (from $25 to $50). You'd think they had been condemned to death.