Retiree Health Care News and Reports - Legislative Analyst's Office

Military compensation review echoes call for younger retirees to pay more It is a "familiar Pentagon refrain" that military retirees under 65 should pay more for Tricare benefits, paper says. (Army Times) August 16, 2008 Article Summary
Nationwide: EEOC issues final rule on benefits for Medicare retirees Following dispute on age discrimination, rule allows employers to continue coordinating retiree benefits with Medicare. (The New York Times/EEOC) December 27, 2007 Report Article Summary
U.S. Government: GAO estimates unfunded federal entitlement liabilities at $53 trillion Comptroller General says this equals a $455,000 mortgage on every household and "there's no house to back" the mortgage. (U.S. Government Accountability Office) December 17, 2007 Article Summary
U.S. Government: Standard Medicare premium to rise 3.1 percent in 2008 The increase of $2.90 per month is the smallest in percentage terms since 1999-2000. (The New York Times/Dept. of Health & Hmn. Svcs.) October 2, 2007 Report Article Summary
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Military compensation review echoes call for younger retirees to pay more
It is a "familiar Pentagon refrain" that military retirees under 65 should pay more for Tricare benefits, paper says. (Army Times)
August 16, 2008
Article Summary

Nationwide: EEOC issues final rule on benefits for Medicare retirees
Following dispute on age discrimination, rule allows employers to continue coordinating retiree benefits with Medicare. (The New York Times/EEOC)
December 27, 2007
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U.S. Government: GAO estimates unfunded federal entitlement liabilities at $53 trillion
Comptroller General says this equals a $455,000 mortgage on every household and "there's no house to back" the mortgage. (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
December 17, 2007
Article Summary

U.S. Government: Standard Medicare premium to rise 3.1 percent in 2008
The increase of $2.90 per month is the smallest in percentage terms since 1999-2000. (The New York Times/Dept. of Health & Hmn. Svcs.)
October 2, 2007
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