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Early Retirees
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Managed Healthcare Executive
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May 1, 2008
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- Edlin, Mari
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Consumer-driven options the plans of choice for young retirees
RETIRING EARLY CAN be a rude awakening when it comes to finding health insurance," says Renee Guariglia, executive vice president of Falcone Associates, an independent insurance broker in Syracuse, N.Y. "Most early retirees do not think past the 18 months of COBRA [Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act], for which they are eligible."
Guariglia says that some of the options for young retirees include pushing retirement to 63-and-a-half years and relying on COBRA for 18 months until the retiree is eligible for Medicare at 65, or an employer might offer limited coverage and underwriting.
"This may make some retirees think ...
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Gephardt proposes hefty subsidies for many early retirees. (Originated...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
August 11, 1994 ;
Epstein, Aaron;
708 words
......percent of the health insurance costs of all early retirees. In sharp...both for many early retirees who have no employer-paid health insurance and for companies...benefits for early retirees without health insurance, calling them...
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Compromise reached on healthcare - Early retirees to see increase in...
The Boston Globe;
July 15, 2007 ;
Christina Pazzanese;
510 words
......the program for early retirees two weeks ago...65 who receive health insurance from the town...percent of their health insurance premiums. "We...be fair to the early retirees, and we have...from individual early retirees before deciding...save money on ...
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Electric Boat Early Retirees Slapped with Far Higher Premiums.
The Day (New London, Connecticut) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
November 22, 2003 ;
449 words
......that the average monthly premium for health insurance has risen 14 percent, but doubly shocked...Draftsmen Association, Cluny's share of his health insurance will rise 37.6 percent, from $287 a month...said a letter that was mailed to all early retirees describing the increase ...
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Early Retirees: Know Your Health Coverage Options
NJBIZ;
September 1, 2008 ;
Gaudio, Thomas;
787 words
......retiree health insurance] unless you...benefits to early retirees or Medicare-eligib...available to some early retirees: a spouse's health insurance plan if married...who answers health insurance questions...Bulletin Today. Early retirees ...
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Health insurance take-up by the near-elderly.(Health Insurance)
Health Services Research;
December 1, 2006 ;
Buchmueller, Thomas C. Ohri, Sabina;
787 words
......that provide health insurance, while others...Whereas many early retirees could once...employer-sponsored retiree health insurance program to...decisions of early retirees between the...decision by early retirees to take up health insurance ...
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Should early retirees without employer-provided health insurance be...
Family Practice News;
June 1, 2000 ;
787 words
......themselves without health insurance grows by 7% each year. For these early retirees, coverage is simply...persons without health insurance in this country...growing group is early retirees. Therefore, the...Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB...hat adding the ...
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Insurance is dicey for early retirees
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);
May 29, 2005 ;
Kiplinger's Money Power;
403 words
...For some early retirees, finding health insurance can be a trial. If all...Sinibaldi, an independent health insurance agent in Seminole...they get here. We get early retirees who have some ailment...re planning to retire early to any one of these states...want to ...
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Health Insurance for Early Retirees.
Kiplinger's Retirement Report;
July 1, 1997 ;
343 words
...HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EARLY RETIREES I plan to retire...availability of health insurance upon my retirement...package. Under the Health Insurance Portability...purchase individual health insurance. Under the Health...
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HEALTH INSURANCE: A SMART EXPERIMENT.(Editorial)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
January 28, 2005 ;
184 words
......corporations is experimenting with a new way to extend health insurance to more Americans. The companies, including Sears...Electric and McDonald's, have banded together to offer health insurance plans for workers who don't qualify for traditional...contractors, temporary workers, consultants and ...
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Health insurance woes fill city's plate
St. Joseph News-Press;
March 28, 2003 ;
PATTY SCULLY;
474 words
......biggest item on their plates could be workers' health insurance. Five companies are expected to turn in bids for...group makeup. Under the present plan with Coventry Health Care of Kansas City, the monthly premium is $271...fall into one of two categories: those who took early retirement and ...
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Medicare Expansion Proposed; Clinton Calls for Extending Program to Early...
The Washington Post;
January 7, 1998 ;
Judith Havemann; Helen Dewar;
756 words
......century, offering early retirees at age 62 and displaced...under the government's health care program for the...is designed to make health insurance available to millions...access to comprehensive health care. In order to...Medicare benefits, the early retirees would be ...
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The effect of access to post-retirement health insurance on the decision...
Industrial and Labor Relations Review;
October 1, 1994 ;
Karoly, Lynn A. Rogowski, Jeannette A.;
787 words
...Health insurance is an important...to private health insurance is particularly...source of health insurance coverage...employer-provided health insurance and an increase...retirement, 70% of early retirees have employer-bas...can access health ...
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Insurance may pose big problem for early retirees.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
November 17, 2004 ;
787 words
......qualify for Medicare, no longer have health insurance, and must pay sky-high premiums...requires employers to temporarily sell health insurance to an employee who has left at the...than the nongroup, private market. Early retirees should be wary of insurance bargains...nationwide. ...
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Soaring Health Costs Put S...ueeze on Early Retirees.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
July 21, 2003 ;
787 words
......pays $925 a month for health insurance for himself and his wife...Often housewives, widows, early retirees or their spouses, they...close look at what your health insurance costs will be u and what...of market rates. Local health insurance agents can also be a...can ...
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